In late June (June 21-30) 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 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 3,127.5/mt ($510.2/mt), RMB 3,224.7/mt ($526.05/mt), 4444RMB 3,425.7/mt ($558.84/mt), RMB 3,461.8/mt ($564.73/mt),4444 RMB 4,180.7/mt ($682.01/mt) and RMB 3,380.4/mt (551.45) , down RMB 33.2/mt ($5.42/mt), RMB 23.2/mt ($3.78/mt), RMB 26.1/mt ($4.26/mt), RMB 7.4/mt ($1.21/mt), RMB 22.6/mt ($3.69/mt) and RMB 23.1/mt ($3.77/mt), indicating respective declines of 1.1 percent, 0.7 percent, 0.8 percent, 0.2 percent, 0.5 percent and 0.7 percent compared to prices in mid-June (June 11-20), as announced by
China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on July 4.