08 Apr 2016 | 03:45 UTC — New York

New Market Data category and symbols for Chinese Steel Fundamental Data

Platts will begin publishing Chinese Steel Fundamental Data with effect from April 18th, 2016. This will comprise of monthly Chinese steel production by product as well as finished steel imports and exports by country, raw material imports and exports by country and product, and iron ore imports by country. The data is collected and released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) and the Chinese Department of Commerce and sourced from MySteel.

The following market data category has been created and will be available via Platts FTP and on Platts.com:

AC Metals: China Steel Analytics

Please copy and paste the following link into your browser for the full list of symbols: http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/Downloads/Data/chinese-steel-symbols. xls

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