Average HRB 400 rebar price in China down 1.8 percent in late November

In late November (November 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 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 2,886.9/mt ($469.4/mt), RMB 2,956.3/mt ($480.7/mt), RMB 3,021.0/mt ($491.2), RMB 3,122.2/mt ($507.7/mt), RMB 3,742.7/mt ($608.6/mt) and RMB 3,113.0/mt ($506.2/mt), down RMB 52.5/mt ($8.5mt), RMB 43.4/mt ($7.1/mt), RMB 12.0/mt ($2.0/mt), RMB 4.1/mt ($0.7/mt), RMB 10.1/mt ($1.6/mt) and RMB 16.9/mt (2.7/mt), indicating respective decreases of 1.8 percent, 1.4 percent, 0.4 percent, 0.1 percent, 0.3 percent and 0.5 percent compared to prices in mid-November (November 11-20), as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics on December 4.