In late July (July 21-31) 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 pipes and 5 mm x 5 mm angles were respectively recorded at RMB 4,196.3/mt ($614.4/mt), RMB 4,359.2/mt ($638.3/mt), RMB 4,373.1/mt ($640.3/mt), RMB 4,343.6/mt ($636.0/mt), RMB 5,186.9/mt ($759.4/mt) and RMB 4,321.1/mt ($632.7/mt), increasing by RMB 82.2/mt ($12.0/mt), RMB 53.2/mt ($7.8/mt), RMB 7.0/mt ($1.03/mt), RMB 14.6/mt ($2.14/mt), RMB 1.8/mt ($0.26/mt) and RMB 28.5/mt ($4.2/mt), i.e., up 2.0 percent, 1.2 percent, 0.2 percent, 0.3 percent, 0.0 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, compared to prices in mid-July (July 11-20), as announced by China’s National Bureau of Statistics on August 6.