SHANGHAI, Oct 31 (SMM) - SMM statistics showed that China’s steel port shipments by domestic trade totalled 6.38 million mt in the week of October 22-28, up 16% week-on-week. Among them, the combined shipments across six major ports in the north (Jingtang Port, Caofeidian Port, Bayuquan Port, Tianjin Xingang Port, Huanghua Port, Jinzhou Port) were 2.86 million mt, accounting for 45% of the total shipments. The combined shipments across three major ports in east China (Shanghai Port, Zhangjiagang Port and Lanbei Port) were 420,300 mt, accounting for 7% of the total shipments. The combined shipments across two major ports in south China (Zhanjianggang Port and Fangchenggang Port) were 489,500 mt, accounting for 9% of the total shipments.
Steel arrivals across Chinese ports by domestic trade were 6.11 million mt last week, up 1.73 million mt on a weekly basis.
Steel shipments by ports outside China were 2 million mt last week, up 15% from a week ago. Shipments by Chinese ports for exports were 1.61 million mt, basically flat on a weekly basis.
