Inventory of five major steel products in China's 21 cities fell 1.6% or 190,000 tonnes from ten days ago to 11.51 million tonnes on late-April (April 21-30), according to data from China Iron and Steel Association (CISA).
The volume was 9.4% or 1.19 million tonnes lower than the year-ago level, data showed.
Southwestern China saw stocks fall 80,000 tonnes or 7.2% from ten days ago. Eastern China registered a 70,000 tonnes or 2.5% decline, and stocks in northwestern China dropped 30,000 tonnes or 2.6% from ten days ago. Central China's stocks were down 10,000 tonnes or 0.9%.
Steel stocks in southern China rose 110,000 tonnes or 4.7%, and northeastern China's inventory gained 2.4% or 20,000 tonnes.
Data from the CISA showed rebar stocks stood at 5.78 million tonnes on April 30, falling 4.6% from ten days ago.
Stocks of hot-rolled coil came in at 1.99 million tonnes, rising 8.7% from ten days ago, and that of cold-rolled coil declined 0.8% to 1.25 million tonnes.
Medium-thick plate stocks stood at 0.92 million tonnes, down 4.2% from ten days ago, while wire stocks fell 1.3% to 1.57 million tonnes.
(Writing by Emma Yang Editing by Harry Huo)
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