[SMM HRC Weekly Balance & Social Inventory Overview] Post-Holiday Inventory Buildup Significant but Outperformed Historical Levels
This week, SMM's statistics showed that the social inventory of HRC across 86 warehouses nationwide (large sample) reached 3.8517 million mt, up 756,800 mt WoW (+24.45%) and down 25.03% YoY based on the lunar calendar. In the first week after the holiday, social inventories increased nationwide, with larger buildups observed in east, south, and north China markets. Specifically...

![[SMM Balance Semanal de Materiales de Construcción] Mejora el ambiente de negociación del mercado, la liberación de la demanda rígida no cumple las expectativas](https://imgqn.smm.cn/usercenter/JdqON20251217171718.png)
![[SMM Gran Inventario Social de Materiales de Construcción] El repunte de precios impulsa la reducción de inventarios; la caída del inventario social de materiales de construcción se amplió ligeramente en este período](https://imgqn.smm.cn/usercenter/wSpkX20251217171718.png)
