Market Data
May 24, 2016
Chinese Iron Ore, Scrap & Flat Rolled Imports/Exports for April 2016
Written by Brett Linton
Chinese steel trade data was recently released for the month of April 2016, providing updated data on iron ore imports, scrap imports, and flat rolled imports and exports. Chinese imports of iron ore in April were 83,920,000 metric tons, a decrease of 2.2 percent from the previous month but an increase of 4.6 percent from April 2015. Total iron ore imports for the first four months of 2016 are at 325,440,000 metric tons.
April Chinese imports of steel scrap were 200,000 metric tons, an increase of 5.3 percent from March, but a decrease of 33.6 percent from the same month one year ago. 2016 total levels for steel scrap imports are at 640,000 metric tons.
