LME lead prices up 25% since May low, but SHFE prices up only 8% Chinese auto sales were down 5.2% in September and were down 10.3% in the first nine months of the year, and Friday’s release of GDP data showed growth dropping to 6% in Q3, from 6.2% in Q2. This was the lowest growth since 1992. These are reasons enough to explain why lead prices are underperforming in China compared with the rest of the world. We would also say that due to the US tariffs on imports from China, which includes lead-acid batteries, Chinese demand...
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