In April of current year, Chinese overall silicon steel imports totaled 68400 t, decreasing by 20.74% month over month and by 22.80% year over year. At the same time, the oriented silicon steel imports had amounted to 25175 t, down by 19.65% month over month and by 8.32% year over year. Besides, Chinese non-oriented silicon steel imports stood at 43233 t, declining by 23.31% month over month by 29.25% year on year.
In addition, Chinese overall silicon steel exports reached 23300 t in April, dropping by 11.74% month over month while still up 70.07% year over year. Meanwhile, the oriented silicon steel exports came to 3107 t, down 23.66% month over month while soaring by 300.050% year over year. Meanwhile, the non-oriented silicon steel exports had amounted to 20175 t, sliding down by 9.46% month over month while still up 55.79% year over year.
During the same period, China's HRC imports reached 0.1643 million tons, inching down by 1.68% month on month and by 12.81% year on year. Meanwhile, China's HRC exports totaled 0.5325 million tons in April, up 2.09% while down 11.25% year on year.