China October rare earth exports jump 2.7% from prior month

Nov 10 (Reuters) – China’s exports of rare earths rose 2.7% ​from the prior ‌month, customs data showed on Tuesday. • The world’s largest rare earth producer ‌shipped ​out 4,386 ⁠metric tons of ⁠the group of 17 minerals essential to electric vehicles, wind ​turbines and defence technology, data from ⁠the General ⁠Administration of Customs ​showed. • That compared with ​4,269.8 tons in September and ‌was up 1% from 4,343.5 tons in the same ⁠month in 2025. • In the first ten months of ⁠2026, ‌exports totalled 48,097 ⁠tons, an annual ​fall ‌of 8.7%, narrowing ​from a ⁠9.6% annual decline over January-September. (Reporting by Amy Lv and Lewis Jackson; Editing by Tom ​Hogue)