A total of 81 vessels carrying 12.63 million mt of iron ore arrived at major Chinese ports during July 11-17, SMM estimates. This was down 550,000 mt from the previous week, and down 2.59 million mt from the same period last year. For the same week, iron ore deliveries leaving Australian ports fell 770,000 mt on a weekly basis to 15.54 million mt.
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