According to Manufacturingtalk, preliminary trade figures for 2004 show that China is a substantial force in the international stainless steel market. China’s total exports of stainless steel last year soared to 387,308 tonnes. About half of these stainless exports were flat rolled products. They exceeded 190,000 tonnes in 2004. China’s stainless producers also exported about 90,000 tonnes of non-flat products and more than 100,000 tonnes of tubes and pipes.
In flat products, the biggest year-on-year increase in exports was in cold rolled strip,which went up from 11,123 tonnes in 2003 to 104,463 tonnes in 2004.
