Average HRB 400 rebar price in China up 3.0 percent in mid-November

In mid-November (November 11-20) this year, the average price 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 was recorded at RMB 4,149.2/mt ($625.8/mt), RMB 4,306.3/mt ($649.5/mt), RMB 4,173.9/mt ($629.5/mt), RMB 4,282.6/mt ($645.9/mt), RMB 5,341.9 ($805.7/mt) and RMB 4,403.6/mt ($664.2/mt), up RMB 121.8/mt ($18.4/mt), RMB 87.9/mt ($13.3/mt), RMB 23.5/mt ($3.5/mt), RMB 36.7/mt ($5.5/mt), RMB 44.0/mt ($6.6/mt) and RMB 24.4/mt ($3.7/mt), rising by 3.0 percent, 2.1 percent, 0.6 percent, 0.9 percent, 0.8 percent and 0.6 percent compared to prices in early November (November 1-10), as announced by China’s National Bureau of Statistics on November 24.