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In the whole year of 2009,
China
steel import and export performed better than the expectation in early
this year.
According to statistics released by China Customs,
China
’s steel export hit a year-to-date new high of 3.33 million tonnes in
December, 2009, but it was 57 percent lower than 7.68 million tonnes in
August, 2008.
China
imported 1.48 million tonnes of steel products in December, 2009, up
190,000 tonnes or 15.5 percent month on month compared to 1.29 million
tonnes in November. Net exports of steel products hit 1.85 million tonnes
in December.
China
exported 9400 tonnes of semis and imported 92,500 tonnes in December.
China
imported 17.64 million tonnes and exported 24.58
million tonnes of steel products in 2009, up 2.26 million tonnes or 14.67 percent year on
year and down 34.63 million tonnes or 58.49 percent from a year earlier.
Net exports of steel products reached 6.93 million tonnes in 2009, down
36.87 million tonnes or 84.18 percent compared with 43.80 million tonnes
in 2008. Semis exports slumped 96.6 percent to 43,000 tonnes in 2009 while
exports increased 17.67 times to 4.585 million tonnes, forming a net
import of 4.542 million tonnes.
I
Steel
export during 2009
|
Product
|
Export
in Jan.-Dec. 2009 (10000 tonne)
|
12
months export of 2009/2008 %
|
|
Railway
steel products
|
57.7
|
5.93
|
|
Welded
tube
|
253
|
-33.64
|
|
HR
thin wide strip
|
87
|
-
34.5
|
|
Plating
steel
|
215
|
-
42.14
|
|
Silicon
steel
|
11
|
-
45
|
|
CR
sheet
|
22
|
-
45.3
|
|
Seamless
steel tube
|
317
|
-
47.9
|
|
Heavy
plate
|
80
|
-
56.37
|
|
HR
narrow strip
|
14
|
-
59
|
|
Super
heavy plate
|
20
|
-
59.8
|
|
Medium
plate
|
225
|
-
60.3
|
|
Large
sections
|
105
|
-
61.9
|
|
Medium
heavy wide strip
|
278
|
-
66.87
|
|
Rebar
|
31
|
-
73.9
|
|
CR
thin wide strip
|
72
|
-
75.37
|
|
Wire
rod
|
108
|
-
78.6
|
|
Medium/light
section
|
14
|
-
83.1
|
|
Bars
|
108
|
-
83.1
|
|
HR
sheet
|
12
|
-
85.6
|
By
end December, steel products with highest export
|
Products
|
Export
(In 10000 tonnes)
|
Proportion
in total export%
|
|
Seamless
steel tube
|
317
|
12.91
|
|
Welded
steel tube
|
253
|
10.3
|
|
Medium
wide heavy strip
|
278
|
11.3
|
|
Medium
plate
|
225
|
9.16
|
|
Plating
steel
|
215
|
8.75
|
II
Steel
import during Jan.-Dec. 2009
|
Product
|
Import
in Jan.-Dec. 2009 (10000 tonne)
|
12
months imports of 2009/2008 %
|
|
HR
thin wide strip
|
296
|
397.8
|
|
Railway
steel products
|
28
|
283.7
|
|
Rebar
|
6
|
123.4
|
|
Large
sections
|
35
|
34.5
|
|
Color
coated plate
|
35
|
31.4
|
|
CR
thin wide strip
|
429
|
32.3
|
|
Heavy
plate
|
31
|
24.84
|
|
Medium
heavy wide strip
|
117
|
21.9
|
|
HR
sheet
|
27
|
17.4
|
|
CR
sheet
|
54
|
0.13
|
|
Wire
rod
|
51
|
-
2.3
|
|
Super
heavy plate
|
6
|
-
5.1
|
|
Medium
plate
|
82
|
-
14.8
|
|
CR
narrow strip
|
29
|
-
15.8
|
|
Silicon
steel
|
84
|
-
19.9
|
|
Plating
steel
|
328
|
-
19.9
|
|
Seamless
steel tube
|
35
|
-
37.2
|
|
Welded
steel tube
|
28
|
-
45.4
|
|
HR
narrow strip
|
9
|
-
27.2
|
|
Bars
|
30
|
-
27.9
|
|
Medium
and light section
|
3
|
-
38.4
|
By
end December, steel products with highest import
|
Products
|
Import
(In 10000 tonnes)
|
Proportion
in total import%
|
|
CR
thin wide strip
|
429
|
24.31
|
|
Plating
sheet
|
328
|
18.62
|
|
HR
thin wide strip
|
296
|
16.76
|
|
Medium
wide heavy strip
|
117
|
6.65
|
|
Silicon
steel
|
84
|
4.744
|
III
China
steel
import/export trade
China
steel import trade partners
during January-December, 2009
|
Country
|
Import
(10000 tonne)
|
Value
(10000 USD)
|
Import
price (USD per tonne)
|
Proportion
in total imports %
|
|
Japan
|
544
|
629542
|
1157
|
30.83
|
|
S Korea
|
399
|
363026
|
910
|
22.63
|
|
Hong
Kong
China
|
240
|
261384
|
1087
|
13.63
|
|
Taiwan
China
|
181
|
144322
|
797
|
10.26
|
|
Russia
|
143
|
72665
|
508
|
8.11
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
51
|
21670
|
425
|
2.89
|
|
Germany
|
25
|
76950
|
3079
|
1.42
|
|
Ukraine
|
24
|
10226
|
421
|
1.38
|
|
Belgium
|
19
|
46012
|
2437
|
1.07
|
|
Netherlands
|
18
|
74929
|
4166
|
1.02
|
|
Total
|
1645
|
1700725
|
1034
|
93.23
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China
steel export by country
during the whole year of 2009
|
Country
|
Export
(10000 tonne)
|
Value
(10000 USD)
|
Export
price (USD per tonne)
|
Proportion
in total export %
|
|
S Korea
|
556
|
396598
|
713
|
22.64
|
|
Vietnam
|
147
|
92716
|
629
|
6.00
|
|
India
|
118
|
101327
|
857
|
4.81
|
|
US
|
105
|
151055
|
1439
|
4.27
|
|
Thailand
|
68
|
55275
|
816
|
2.76
|
|
Singapore
|
66
|
58069
|
883
|
2.68
|
|
Indonesia
|
64
|
52208
|
822
|
2.59
|
|
Iran
|
59
|
57894
|
989
|
2.38
|
|
UAE
|
57
|
46756
|
819
|
2.32
|
|
Algeria
|
54
|
62730
|
1152
|
2.22
|
|
Total
|
1294.27
|
1074627
|
830
|
52.66
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China
exported 5.56 million tonnes of steel products to
S Korea
in the whole year of 2009, accounting for 22.64 percent of total exports.
Net export to
S Korea
was 1.57 million tonnes, holding for 22.7 percent of total net exports.
Net export of Chinese steel products to US attained 890,000 tonnes,
sharing 12.87 percent of total net exports.
China
imported 5.44 million
tonnes of steel products from
Japan
in the whole year of 2009, occupying 31.16 percent of the total imports;
China
exported 420,000 tonnes of steel products to
Japan
, covering 1.71 percent of the total exports.
China
’s net imports from
Japan
ran up to 5.02 million tonnes in 2009, taking up 72.44 percent of total
imports.
IV Trade value
In
the whole year of 2009, China steel imports valued US$19.622 billion, and
steel exports valued US$22.317 billion, that is, US$2.695 billion trade
surplus.
Average
steel import price was US$1112 per tonne, and steel export price averaged
at US$908 per tonne, forming a price gap of US$204 per tonne.
During
January-December, 2009, export price was 81.65 percent of import price, up
23.82 percentage points compared with 57.83 percent in 2007 and up 10.87
percentage points compared with 70.78 percent in 2008. However, it is 22.1
percentage points lower than 103.75 percent in May, 2009.
According
to the above figures,
China
steel export is expected to reach 30 million tonnes in 2010, up 22 percent
compared with 24.58 million tonnes in 2009 and down 60 percent compared
with 59.18 million tonnes in 2008. China steel imports may reach 15
million tonnes, down 15 percent compared with17.64 million tonnes in 2009
and flat over
2008’
s 15.38 million tonnes. The trade surplus is predicted to achieve 15
million tonnes and steel exports might take up 5 percent of 600 million
tonnes crude steel production.
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