This week, brass billet operating rates continued to decline.

Published: Jun 5, 2026 14:31

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[SMM Brass Billet Flash] According to SMM, amid weak supply and demand, China's brass billet industry continued its weak off-season trend this week (5.29-6.04), with the weekly operating rate among sampled enterprises at 51.85%, representing a pullback of 0.16 percentage point WoW and a decline of 0.04 percentage point YoY.

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