China Reports Decrease in Iron/Steel Imports and Exports
The world’s largest iron ore
exporter recently divulged that prices will be decreasing due to China’s
control on steel exports. Brazil is the
major exporter of low-cost steel products, and demand in China for imported
steel and Iron Ore exports is tapering off.
The decrease in local Chinese steel production is also said to have
driven down iron ore imports as well.
The main drivers of these decreasing imports is the slowing of
construction activity in china and decreasing investments in
infrastructure.
Globally,
the steel and iron ore industries will be on the decline, according to early
projections and forecasts. This directly
relates to political factors as discussed in Chapter 8 of the textbooks. Chinese governments have slowed down in
infrastructure investments. Considering
China’s economy right now is more stagnant than it has been in the past few
years, the government and political factors could have major influence on steel
imports and exports.
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