Steel Shipment Volumes Rise 5% MoM in Monitored Ports Last Week

Last Week (2024.12.28-2025.1.3)

The total steel shipment volume from SMM-monitored ports nationwide was 789.7 mt, up 402,000 mt MoM, an increase of 5%. Among them, the total shipment volume from six major northern ports (Jingtang Port, Caofeidian Port, Bayuquan Port, Tianjin Xingang Port, Huanghua Port, Jinzhou Port) was 3.0824 million mt, up 361,300 mt MoM, accounting for 39% of the total shipment volume.

The total shipment volume from three major ports in east China (Shanghai Port, Zhangjiagang Port, Lanbei Port) was 630,400 mt, down 62,700 mt MoM, accounting for 8% of the total shipment volume. The total shipment volume from two major ports in south China (Zhanjiang Port, Fangchenggang) was 528,600 mt, up 48,900 mt MoM, accounting for 7% of the total shipment volume.