1. Steel foreign trade shipping
1. Export data
Last week (Mar 30-Apr 5)
Steel shipments by ports outside China were 2.246 million mt in the week ending April 5, up 15% from a week ago. Shipments by Chinese ports for exports were 2.0939 million mt, an increase of 10% on a weekly basis.
Figure 1-Steel port shipments outside China (10,000 mt)
Figure 2-China steel port shipments for exports (10,000 mt)
In terms of varieties,
Global port shipments of steel plate were 90,000 mt in the week ending April 5, a drop of 4% WoW. Global port shipments of steel coil were 250,600 mt, a drop of 51%. Global port shipments of pig iron were 926,300 mt, up 27%. Global port shipments of steel billets were 659,900 mt, up 67%.
2. Arrival data
Last week (Mar 30-Apr 5)
Arrivals at China's 119 ports under foreign trade were 456,100 mt, an increase of 111,400 mt or 32% from a week earlier.
Figure 3 - Steel port arrivals in China under foreign trade (10,000 mt)
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