MELBOURNE, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Australia's iron ore shipments to China from the hub of Port Hedland fell 17.5% to 38.1 million tonnes in July from the previous month, data from the Pilbara Ports Authority showed on Thursday.
Exports were down from 46.2 million tonnes in June, the data showed.
Port Hedland is used by three of Australia's top four iron ore miners: BHP Group BHP.AX , Fortescue Metals Group FMG.AX and Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill.