According to the data compiled by China's customs, In April China's steel product exports totaled 4.77 million t, decreasing by 0.14 million t month on month and raising by 10.67% year over year. While China's overall steel product exports came to 15.28 million t in Jan-April this year, up 17.4% year on year.
On the other hand, China also imported 1.37 million t of the steel products in April, dropping by 0.16 million t month over month and by 8.67% year over year. While in January-April this year, China's overall steel product imports amounted to 5.55 million t, down 1.0% year over year.
Besides China also imported 30 thousand t of the billet in April and the overall billet imports amounted to 0.22 million t for the first four month of this year, down 0.1% compared to the same period of last year and there were still no billet exports in April.
While China's coke exports came to 0.48 million t in April, increasing by 0.24 million t year on year and the year-to-date coke exports stood at 1.68 million t, raising by 352.6% year over year.
In addition China also imported 52.88 million t of the iron ore in April, falling by 6.6 million t month on month and by 4.43% year over year, meanwhile from January to April this year, China's overall iron ore imports totaled 230.02 million t, up 9.5% year over year.