China's foreign trade continued to fall in March, but the momentum of decline has greatly eased, indicating that the world's second-largest economy is gradually recovering from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cargo throughput of Yantai port in East China's Shandong province reached 79 million tons in the first quarter of 2020.

China's imports of bulk commodities including iron ore, crude oil and coal, as well as essential agricultural products.

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RUSSIA REBAR: Coronavirus disruptions continue to weigh on buying appetite.

On Friday April 10, the lockdown in Spain was extended to April 26 included, discarding the original end date of April 12.

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Steel plate prices held steady in the United States while service centers paused their buying in order to assess the next steps in the Covid-19 pandemic and its resultant impact on construction and energy demand.