Inventory of five major steel products in China's 21 cities fell 1.1% or 130,000 tonnes from ten days ago to 12.18 million tonnes on early April (April 1-10), according to data from China Iron and Steel Association (CISA).
The volume was 10.2% or 1.38 million tonnes lower than the year-ago level, data showed.
Northern China saw stocks fall 80,000 tonnes or 6.1% from ten days ago. Southwestern China registered a 50,000 tonnes or 2.0% decline, and stocks in central China dropped 40,000 tonnes or 3.4% from ten days ago.
Northeastern China's stocks were down 10,000 tonnes or 1.2%, and southern China's inventories fell 10,000 tonnes or 0.4%.
Steel stocks in northwestern China rose 3.3% to 40,000 tonnes, and eastern China's inventory gained 0.7% to 20,000 tonnes.
Data from the CISA showed rebar stocks stood at 6.34 million tonnes on April 10, falling 1.6% from ten days ago.
Stocks of hot-rolled coil came in at 1.83 million tonnes, decreasing 1.7% from ten days ago, and that of cold-rolled coil declined 0.8% to 1.31 million tonnes.
Medium-thick plate stocks stood at 1.01 million tonnes, steady from ten days ago, while wire stocks came in at 1.69 million tonnes, falling 2.9%.
(Writing by Emma Yang Editing by Harry Huo)
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