In mid-September (September 11-20) this year, the average prices of 16-25 mm HRB400
rebar, 6.5 mm HPB300 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 2,898.5/mt ($470.54/mt), RMB 2,946.9/mt ($478.39/mt), RMB 3,215.0/mt ($521.92/mt), RMB 3,248.6/mt ($527.37/mt), RMB 3,914.6/mt ($635.49/mt) and RMB 3,237.0/mt ($525.49/mt), down RMB 68.2/mt ($11.07/mt), RMB 82.3/mt ($13.36/mt), RMB 57.4/mt ($9.32/mt), RMB 86.4/mt ($14.03/mt), RMB 49.3/mt ($8.01/mt) and RMB 51.9/mt ($8.43/mt), indicating respective declines of 2.3 percent, 2.7 percent, 1.8 percent, 2.6 percent, 1.2 percent and 1.6 percent, compared to prices in early September (September 1-10), as announced by
China's National Bureau of Statistics on September 24.