{"id":52621,"date":"2026-01-01T16:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=52621"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:55:23","slug":"china-billet-edges-lower-d-o-d-amid-muted-participation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=52621&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"China: Billet edges lower d-o-d amid muted participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Chinese billet prices decreased by RMB 10\/t ($1\/t) compared to 30 Dec&#8217;25 to RMB 2,930\/t ($419\/t) on 31 Dec&#8217;25; SHFE rebar decreased by RMB 2\/t ($0.2\/t) to RMB 3,103\/t ($443\/t).<\/li>\n<li>Market liquidity remained healthy, while stable raw material costs and neutral export sentiment kept billet prices low and supported a modest drop in rebar futures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese billet prices decreased by RMB 10\/t ($1\/t) compared to 30 Dec&#8217;25 to RMB 2,930\/t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1767264916",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1?v=1767264916",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1?v=1767264916",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1767264916",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1767264916",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1767264916",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1767264916",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1?v=1767264916",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1?v=1767264916",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1?v=1767264916",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1?v=1767264916",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1?v=1767264916",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=313&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Iron &amp; Steel<\/a>","tag_info":"Iron &amp; Steel","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-01T165410.202.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1767264916","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52612,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=52612&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":52621,"position":0},"title":"China: Billet edges lower d-o-d amid muted participation","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"January 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Chinese billet prices decreased by RMB 10\/t ($1\/t) compared to 30 Dec'25 to RMB 2,930\/t ($419\/t) on 31 Dec'25; SHFE rebar decreased by RMB 2\/t ($0.2\/t) to RMB 3,103\/t ($443\/t). 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