China’s finished steel exports up 7.6 percent in January-April

In April this year, China exported 9.08 million mt of finished steel, down nine percent month on month and increasing by 6.3 percent year on year, while the finished steel export volume in the January-April period totaled 36.90 million mt, up 7.6 percent year on year, as announced by the Chinese customs authorities on May 8.

In April this year, China exported 690,000 mt of metallurgical coke, down 430,000 mt or 38.4 percent month on month and decreasing by 2.4 percent year on year. In the January-April period, China’s coke exports totaled 3.43 million mt, rising by 16.1 percent year on year.