In mid-November (November 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 2,939.4/mt ($478.7/mt), RMB 2,999.7/mt ($488.6/mt), RMB 3,033.0/mt ($494.0), RMB 3,126.3/mt ($509.2/mt), RMB 3,752.8/mt ($611.2/mt) and RMB 3,129.9/mt ($509.8/mt), down RMB 11.5/mt ($1.9/mt), RMB 17.0/mt ($2.8/mt), RMB 14.4/mt ($2.3/mt), RMB 6.6/mt ($1.1/mt), RMB 6.3/mt ($1.1/mt) and RMB 5.5/mt (0.9/mt), indicating respective decreases of 0.4 percent, 0.6 percent, 0.5 percent, 0.2 percent, 0.2 percent and 0.2 percent compared to prices in early November (November 1-10), as announced by
China's National Bureau of Statistics on November 24.