In January this year, China’s export volumes of steel bars, angles/channels, wire rods and steel plates amounted to 4.16 million mt, 440,000 mt, 200,000 mt, and 3.94 million mt, up 14.1 percent, down 6.5 percent, down 3.4 percent, and decreasing by 18.4 percent, respectively, year on year, as announced by Chinese customs.
In January this year, China exported 9.74 million mt of finished steel, down 5.3 percent year on year, as previously announced by Chinese customs.