Inventories of hot-rolled coils of steel sheets used to produce home appliances and cars in China fell for a second straight this week, as mills conducted maintenance or shifted to rebar production. SMM data showed that HRC stocks across social warehouses and steelmakers decreased 1.38% in the week ended March 26 to 5.27 million mt, 70.08% higher than the same period after the Lunar New Year holiday last year.