In late December (December 21-30) last year, the average prices in
China of 16-25 mm HRB 400
rebar, 6.5 mm HPB 300 wire rod, 20 mm Q235 common medium plate, 3 mm Q235 hot rolled sheet, 219 mm x 6 mm seamless pipe and 5 mm x 5 mm angles were recorded at RMB 2,710.8/mt ($442.2/mt), RMB 2,798.1/mt ($456.5/mt), RMB 2,974.2/mt ($485.2/mt), RMB 3,106.8/mt ($506.8/mt) , RMB 3,710.7/mt ($605.3/mt) and RMB 3,037.0/mt ($495.4/mt), down RMB 65.9/mt ($10.8mt), RMB 66.1/mt ($10.8/mt), RMB 35.2/mt ($5.7/mt), RMB 25.2/mt ($4.0/mt), RMB 6.4/mt ($1.0/mt) and RMB 41.3/mt ($6.7/mt), indicating respective decreases of 2.4 percent, 2.3 percent, 1.2 percent, 0.8 percent, 0.2 percent and 1.3 percent compared to prices in mid-December (December 11-20), as announced by
China's National Bureau of Statistics on January 4 2015.