IN FIGURES: China's billet imports up by 77% in May

China imported 879,965 tonnes of steel billet in May, up by 77% from 497,588 tonnes in May 2020, according to customs data.

Indonesia remained the biggest supplier of billet to China in that month at 260,642 tonnes.
Slab import volume of 72,480 tonnes was down by 67% year on year.

Vietnam accounted for 57% - 41,510 tonnes - of...

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