Social inventory of HRC was 2.8298 million mt this week, down 39,000 mt from the previous week (-1.36% WoW, +46.82% YoY, +29.54% YoY on a lunar calendar basis).
Mill inventory of HRC was 967,800 mt this week, down 34,300 mt from the previous week (-3.42% WoW, -6.55% YoY, -10.08% YoY on a lunar calendar basis).
Total HRC inventory was 3.7976 million mt this week, down 73,300 mt from the previous week (-1.89% WoW, +28.17% YoY, +16.46% YoY on a lunar calendar basis).
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