In the January-June period this year, China’s exports of steel bars totaled 6.11 million mt, up 11.5 percent year on year, while wire rod exports amounted to 1.32 million mt, up 12.3 percent year on year, according to the Chinese customs authorities. At the same time, China’s export volumes of angles/channels came to 2.72 million mt in the given period, up 13.2 percent year on year.
In June alone, China’s exports of steel bars amounted to 1.04 million mt, up 12.5 percent year on year, while exports of wire rod and angles/channels amounted to 230,000 mt and 430,000 mt, up 14.4 percent and up 6.5 percent year on year, respectively.
