In September this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased 9.6 percent month-on-month and decreased 0.5 percent year-on-year to 48,567,296 tonnes.
According to information released by the Port Hedland Port Authority, iron ore shipments from Port Hedland to China this month totaled 41.92 million tonnes, up 8.3 percent month-on-month and down 5.7 percent year-on-year. South Korea and Japan followed China in September with 2.28 million tonnes and 1.19 million tonnes respectively.
On the other hand, iron ore shipments from Port Dampier fell 5.5% month-on-month and 0.2% year-on-year to 13.08 million tonnes in September this year.
