China's steel bar exports increase by 48.1% in January-April 2025

In the January-April period this year, China's exports of steel bars totaled 5.71 million mt, up 48.1% year on year, while wire rod exports amounted to 940,000 mt, up 10.8% year on year, according to the Chinese customs authorities. At the same time, China's export volumes of angles/channels came to 2.22 million mt in the given period, increasing by 22.9% year on year In April alone, China's exports of steel bars, wire rods, and angles/channels amounted to 1.59 million mt, 280,000 mt, and 590,000 mt, up 47.1%, 18.3%, and 18.9% year on year, while decreasing by 4.2%, rising by 3.7%, and declining by 4.8% month on month, respectively