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Metalloinvest
(the “Company”), a leading global iron ore and merchant HBI producer
and supplier, and one of the regional producers of high-quality steel,
today announces its operational results for the first nine months of 2019.
Andrey
Varichev, CEO of Management Company Metalloinvest, commented:
“The
Company recorded a year-on-year increase in production volumes of all iron
ore products during the first nine months of 2019. Shipments of iron ore
products (including concentrate, pellets and HBI/DRI) increased by 1.5%.
Meanwhile, the share of high value-added products (pellets and HBI/DRI)
comprised 73% of the total amount of iron ore product shipments.
In
the third quarter of 2019, the Company launched fine screening technology
at Mikhailovsky GOK as part of the implementation of the comprehensive
program of strategic development aimed to improve product quality. This
technology has previously been successfully implemented at Lebedinsky GOK.
The use of fine screening technology will enable the Company to increase
premium-quality pellet production as soon as the fourth quarter of 2019.
Steel
product shipments in the first nine months of 2019 decreased by 1.1%
compared to the same period last year, primarily due to the development of
Flexible Modular Furnace steel production technology at Ural Steel.”
In
9M 2019, iron ore production amounted to 30.1 million tonnes (+0.2% YoY).
In Q3 2019, production volumes increased by 3.4% QoQ. The growth was
driven by the completion of maintenance works on water-slurry circuit
systems at MGOK in Q2 2019 and an increase in productivity due to the
processing of higher quality ore. In 9M 2019, pellet production increased
by 2.2% YoY and amounted to 21.2 million tonnes as a result of the
completion of major maintenance works at Pellet Plant #2 at LGOK and the
reconstruction of Pellet Plant #3 at MGOK (1st stage), and a change in the
pellet product mix. However, in Q3 2019, pellet production decreased by
1.0% q-o-q primarily due to the major maintenance works at Pellet Plant #1
at MGOK. In 9M 2019, the Company produced 5.9 million tonnes of HBI/DRI,
which represents 1.3% growth YoY. This is mainly explained by the increase
in production volumes at the more productive HBI-3 Plant, which underwent
major maintenance works in Q3 2018. However, in Q3 2019, production
volumes decreased by 8.5% QoQ due to scheduled major maintenance works at
HBI-1 and HBI-2 Plants.
In
9M 2019, the total volume of iron ore product shipments to third parties
increased by 1.5% YoY and amounted to 19.3 million tonnes. In Q3 2019,
shipment volumes grew by 11.2% q-o-q mainly due to the increase in
supplies of pellets and iron ore concentrate to Asia (China, Japan. HVA
iron ore products (pellets and HBI/DRI) prevail in the total volume of
iron ore product shipments and amounted to 73% in 9M 2019 and 71% in Q3
2019. The share of iron ore product shipments to the domestic market
amounted to 52% in 9M 2019 (compared to 66% in 9M 2018) and 46% in Q3
2019. The Company increased the volume of export supplies during the
reporting period by 44.6% YoYmainly due to the increase in supplies to
Asia – its share comprised 20% in 9M 2019 compared to 3% in 9M 2018. In
Q3 2019, export supplies increased by 26.4% QoQ.
In
9M 2019, the output of hot metal decreased by 7.0% YoY and amounted to 2.1
million tonnes due to major maintenance works at Blast Furnace #3 at Ural
Steel. In Q3 2019, the Company increased hot metal production by 5.1% QoQ
due to the completion of major maintenance works at Blast Furnaces #3 and
#4 in Q2 2019. Crude steel production decreased by 2.7% YoY to 3.6 million
tonnes in 9M 2019 and by 3.9% QoQ to 1.2 million tonnes in Q3 2019. This
growth was mainly a result of the development of FMF steel production
technology and major maintenance works at CCM #1 and CCM #2 at Ural Steel
in Q3 2019.
Pig
iron shipments to third parties decreased from 1.6 million tonnes in 9M
2018 to 1.4 million tonnes in 9M 2019 mainly owing to the growth of
internal consumption for steel production. Herewith, pig iron shipments in
Q3 2019 comprised 0.5 mn tonnes with the 0.1 million tonnes of growth QoQ.
The share of HVA steel product shipments amounted to 43% in 9M 2019
(compared to 45% in 9M 2018). The share of shipments in Q3 2019 comprised
39%. In 9M 2019, pig iron and steel product shipments to the Russian
market increased by 6.6% and amounted to 31% (compared to 28% in 9M 2018).
In Q3 2019, the share of shipments to the Russian market was 30%, while
the increase in export supplies was 7.6% QoQ mainly due to the increase in
shipments to Asia. (China, the Philippines, Japan)
Production by product
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tonnes
'000
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Q1
2017
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Q2
2017
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Q3
2017
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Q4
2017
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Q1
2018
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Q2
2018
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Q3
2018
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Q4
2018
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Q1
2019
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Q2
2019
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Q3
2019
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Change
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Iron
ore*
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10,074
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10,108
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10,014
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10,100
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9,893
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10,124
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9,995
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10,347
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9,602
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10,063
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10,404
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3.4%
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Pellets
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5,982
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6,268
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6,323
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6,514
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6,691
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6,956
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7,126
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6,885
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6,840
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7,230
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7,157
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-1.0%
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HBI/DRI
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1,469
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1,830
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1,742
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1,943
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2,021
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1,997
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1,810
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1,997
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2,020
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2,029
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1,857
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-8.5%
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Shipments by product
|
tonnes
'000
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Q1
2017
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Q2
2017
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Q3
2017
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Q4
2017
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Q1
2018
|
Q2
2018
|
Q3
2018
|
Q4
2018
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Q1
2019
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Q2
2019
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Q3
2019
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Change
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Iron
ore*
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2,793
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2,614
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2,548
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2,435
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1,880
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1,807
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1,581
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2,305
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1,624
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1,547
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1,996
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29.0%
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Pellets
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3,243
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3,028
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3,041
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3,509
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3,085
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3,560
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3,889
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3,480
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3,336
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3,554
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3,894
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9.6%
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HBI/DRI
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595
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971
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994
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1,012
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1,111
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1,159
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943
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1,035
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1,224
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1,098
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1,006
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-8.4%
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Other***
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6
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11
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9
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3
|
11
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9
|
9
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5
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12
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16
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16
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0.0%
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Total
shipments
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6,637
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6,624
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6,592
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6,959
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6,087
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6,536
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6,422
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6,825
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6,197
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6,214
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6,911
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11.2%
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Shipments by region
|
tonnes
'000
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Q1
2017
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Q2
2017
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Q3
2017
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Q4
2017
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Q1
2018
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Q2
2018
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Q3
2018
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Q4
2018
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Q1
2019
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Q2
2019
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Q3
2019
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Change
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Russia
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3,488
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3,606
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4,157
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4,964
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4,290
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4,380
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3,948
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4,161
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3,528
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3,287
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3,211
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-2.3%
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Europe
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2,227
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2,044
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1,265
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1,205
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1,093
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1,338
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1,591
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1,451
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1,604
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1,455
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1,203
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-17.3%
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Asia
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298
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285
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645
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219
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254
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61
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251
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493
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702
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969
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2,203
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127.3%
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MENA
|
344
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336
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359
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313
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281
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413
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357
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416
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199
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355
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139
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-60.8%
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Others
|
280
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352
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165
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257
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169
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345
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274
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304
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163
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148
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155
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4.7%
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Total
shipments
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6,637
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6,624
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6,592
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6,959
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6,087
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6,536
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6,422
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6,825
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6,197
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6,214
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6,911
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11.2%
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(To contact the reporter on this story: cody.wang@steelhome.cn or 86-555-2238837) |
