In mid-December (December 11-20) this 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 2,776.7/mt ($452.2/mt), RMB 2,864.2/mt ($466.5/mt), RMB 3,009.4/mt ($490.1/mt), RMB 3,132.0/mt ($510.1/mt), RMB 3,717.1/mt ($605.4/mt) and RMB 3,178.3/mt ($527.6/mt), down RMB 69.8/mt ($11.4mt), RMB 60.6/mt ($9.9/mt), RMB 4.2/mt ($0.7/mt), RMB 5.3/mt ($0.9/mt), RMB 4.9/mt ($0.8/mt) and RMB 23.5/mt ($3.8/mt), indicating respective decreases of 2.5 percent, 2.1 percent, 0.1 percent, 0.2 percent, 0.1 percent and 0.8 percent compared to prices in early December (December 1-10), as announced by
China's National Bureau of Statistics on December 24.