In August of current year, China's overall silicon steel imports totaled 82600 t, increasing by 2.1% month over month and by 14.56% year over year. At the same time, the oriented silicon steel imports had amounted to 34879 t, surging by 20.87% month over month and 41.54% year over year. Besides, China's non-oriented silicon steel imports stood at 47688 t, down 8.37% month over month while up 0.55% year on year.
On the other hand, China's overall silicon steel exports reached 22700 t in August, decreasing by 6.58% month over month while up 26.11% year over year. Meanwhile, the oriented silicon steel exports came to 349 t, dropping by 71.72% month over month and 64.01% year over year. In addition, the non-oriented silicon steel exports had amounted to 22270 t, down 2.87% month over month while up 31.54% year over year.
Besides, China had imported 0.317 million t of the coated steel plate in August, up 3.9% month over month while down 6.4% year over year. In addition, China's overall coated steel plate exports came to 0.531 million t, down 10.2% month over month while swelling by 15.3% year over year. Meanwhile, China's pre-painted steel sheet imports reached 35000 t in August, down 0.03% month over month while rising by 0.7% year over year. On the other hand, the pre-painted steel sheet exports in August totaled 0.491 million t, down 3.8% month over month while up 20.5% year over year.
Meanwhile, during the give period, China also imported 61800 t of wire rod, up 5.76% month over month and 12.68% year over year. On the other hand, Chinese wire rod exports came to 0.21 million t in the period in question, down 7.52% month over month while up 37.28% year over year.
In August, China's HRC imports amounted to 0.1471 million t, up 10.3% month over month while down 12.85% year over year. In addition, the HRC exports reached 0.3863 million t, down 18.02% month over month while up 29.85% year over year.
For the period in question, China's CRC imports had stood at 0.3812 million t, up 13.3% month over month and 11.3% year over year. Meanwhile, China's CRC exports stood at 0.3793 million t, down 17.5% month over month while up 33.7% year over year.