Western Australia’s Port Hedland the world’s largest bulk export terminal exported around 42.29 MnT iron ore in Apr’17.
The volume of exports from Port Hedland was up by 8.2% M-o-M compared with Mar’17 which was 39.1 MnT. Similarly Y-o-Y exports were up as well by 12.2% as it were 37.7 MnT in the corresponding month last year.
For the first four months of 2017 iron ore exports from Port Hedland were recorded 5.4% up at 155.5 MnT against 147.5 MnT in the first four months of 2016.
In Mar’17, Port Hedland shipped around 82% share of iron ore to China. China, being the largest export destination, imported 34.9 MnT iron ore in Apr’17 against 31.5 MnT in Mar’17. Exports to China were up by 11% M-o-M 7% Y-o-Y compared with Apr’16.
Exports South Korea were3.42 MnT, up 25% compared with 2.74 MnT compared with Apr’16, however the export to Japan from the port climbed 164.3% to 2.27 MnT from 0.86 MnT.
Port Hedland has delivered a total throughput of around 479 MnT iron ore in 2016 and 446 MnT in 2015. BHP Billiton and FMG (Fortescue Metals Group) exports iron ore mainly from Australia’s Port Hedland, while Rio Tinto ships from Port Dampier. 
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