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After China, Africa is the largest producer of flake graphite, forecast to represent 22% of the global market this year according to ",{"text":760,"type":594,"marks":761},"Benchmark’s Flake Graphite Forecast",[762],{"type":597,"attrs":763},{"href":636,"uuid":49,"anchor":49,"target":49,"linktype":600},{"text":765,"type":594},", primarily from operations in Madagascar and Mozambique.",{"type":589,"attrs":767,"content":768},{"textAlign":49},[769],{"text":770,"type":594},"However, although Africa has flake graphite production, there is currently no processing capacity in the country to produce spherical graphite, whereas 96% of the material comes from China.","China’s regulations on the export of graphite products have been in force since the start of December last year, making it more difficult for some Western traders and buyers to get a hold of material. Benchmark has not received reports of any licences being granted for shipments of graphite from China into North America. 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