SHANGHAI, Sep 23 (SMM) - Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port increased 5,000 mt from the previous week to 119,000 mt as of September 23.
Last week, the shipment flow of Tianjin port decreased slightly on the week while the inventory of Huangpu port increased. In Yunan, the good in the plant warehouses were shipped to social Inventory due to the the wet season. The social inventory may continue to increase next week.

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