By the end of 2020, stocks of carbon steel hot-rolled, cold-rolled and coated coils and sheets at Japan’s steel producers, coil centers and distributors remained largely stable at about 3.56 million tonnes, up only 0.5% or 19,000 tonnes on month but being the first rise in seven months, according to the latest data by Nippon Steel on February 4.
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