Economy
March 30, 2017
Chinese Iron Ore, Scrap & Flat Rolled Imports/Exports for February 2017
Written by Brett Linton
Chinese steel trade data was recently released for the month of February 2017, providing updated data on iron ore imports, scrap imports, and flat rolled imports and exports. Chinese imports of iron ore in February were 83,490,000 metric tons, a decrease of 9.1 percent from the previous month but an increase of 13.4 percent from February 2016. Total iron ore imports for the first two months of 2017 are at 175,340,000 metric tons.
February Chinese imports of steel scrap were 270,000 metric tons, an increase of 29.2 percent from January and up 121.3 percent over the same month one year ago. 2017 total levels for steel scrap imports are at 480,000 metric tons.
