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Findings:
1. The wire rod capacity utilization at 99 Chinese steel mills that
represents 188 production lines was 80.85% in week ending March 14,
2019, down 2.13% from last survey.
2. In terms of production lines, running production lines was 152 out of
total 188, meaning operating rate was 80.85%, down 2.13% from last
survey.
3. In terms of wire rod capacity, running capacity was 106.17 million
tons out of 129.20 million tons, making capacity utilization of 82.17%,
down 2.4% from last period.
4. Wire rod daily production for this week was 271,200 tons, down 9,900
tons from last survey.
|
Region |
In terms of Production Line Operating Rate |
In terms of Capacity Utilization |
In terms of Daily Production (10,000 tons) |
|
This Week % |
Last Week % |
Change% |
This Week % |
Last Week % |
Change% |
This Week % |
Last Week % |
Change% |
|
Total |
80.85 |
82.98 |
-2.13 |
82.17 |
84.57 |
-2.4 |
27.12 |
28.11 |
-0.99 |
|
North China |
75 |
75 |
- |
75.16 |
75.16 |
- |
7.25 |
7.45 |
-0.2 |
|
East China |
89.8 |
91.84 |
-2.04 |
91.39 |
93.18 |
-1.79 |
9.33 |
9.52 |
-0.19 |
|
South Central China |
84 |
84 |
- |
84.79 |
84.79 |
- |
3.94 |
3.94 |
- |
|
Northeast China |
93.75 |
93.75 |
- |
95.43 |
95.43 |
- |
2.85 |
2.88 |
-0.03 |
|
West China |
71.05 |
78.95 |
-7.89 |
69.91 |
79.8 |
-9.89 |
3.75 |
4.32 |
-0.57 |
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(To contact the reporter on this story: leo.ji@steelhome.cn or 86-555-2238932) |
