China has issued the first batch of nonferrous metals export quotas for next year, the country's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday. The first batch of indium export quotas is set at 146.6 tonnes, according to a statement posted on the ministry's website. The first export allotment of silver is set at 3,519 tonnes, and for tin at 11,887 tonnes, it also said. The first batch of quotas will account for about 70 percent of the full year export allotments for 2016, the ministry said.

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