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The data shows that in December 2021, my country's total exports of coated plates (belts) totaled 622,000 tons, a month-on-month increase of 35.34% and a year-on-year increase of 16.38%. From January to December 2021, the total export of coated plates (belts) was 6.4517 million tons, a decrease of 1.94% from the 6.5791 million tons from January to December last year.

In December 2021, my country's total imports of coated plates (strips) totaled 8,903.19 tons, a month-on-month decrease of 8.88% and a year-on-year increase of 30.94%. From January to December 2021, my country's total imports of coated plates (strips) totaled 93,822 tons, down 11.06% from 104,366 tons from January to December last year.

[Research on the production situation of Northeast Building Materials Steel Plant before the Spring Festival]
Since this week is the last week before the Spring Festival, almost all merchants in the building materials market are on holiday, and transactions are stagnant, so prices are basically flat. In terms of production, the production rhythm of Northeast steel mills this week has changed less than last week, and the overall operation has remained normal. The specific data are as follows.
In terms of thread, from the sample statistics, the output of Northeast rebar this week was 255,000 tons, an increase of 2,000 tons from last week; the production rate was 55.8%, an increase of 0.4% from last week; the number of equipment started 14, the equipment operating rate 51.9%, unchanged from last week.
In terms of factory warehouses, the inventory in Northeast building materials factories continued to decrease this week. Among them, the total amount of rebar was 81,500 tons, a decrease of 1,000 tons compared with the same period last week, and a decrease of 0.1% from the previous week. The coil line was 44,100 tons, a decrease from last week 10,000 tons, down 18.5% week-on-week.
On the whole, next week will be during the Spring Festival, the market will continue to be on holiday, while the steel mills will continue to produce as planned. It is expected that the output will not change much from this week.