In early September (September 1-10) this year, the average prices in
China of 16-25 mm HRB400
rebar, 6.5 mm HPB300 wire rod, 20 mm Q235 common medium plates, 3 mm Q235 hot rolled sheet, 219 mm x 6 mm seamless
pipe and 5 mm x 5 mm angles were recorded at RMB 2,966.7/mt ($481.61/mt), RMB 3,029.2/mt ($491.75/mt), RMB 3,272.4/mt ($531.23/mt), RMB 3,335.0/mt ($541.40/mt), RMB 3,963.9/mt ($643.49/mt) and RMB 3,288.9/mt ($533.91/mt), down RMB 75.3/mt ($12.22/mt), RMB 97.1/mt ($15.76/mt), RMB 37.4/mt ($6.07/mt), RMB 51.1/mt ($8.30/mt), RMB 21.5/mt ($3.49/mt) and RMB 43.6/mt ($7.08/mt), indicating respective declines of 2.5 percent, 3.1 percent, 1.1 percent, 1.5 percent, 0.5 percent and 1.3 percent, compared to prices in late August (August 21-31), as announced by
China's National Bureau of Statistics on September 15.