According to customs statistics, China's steel exports inJanuary-February were 10.7 million tons, an increase of 12.9%; imported ironore was 174 million tons, a decrease of 5.5%. Among them, the export volume ofsteel in February was 451.20 million tons, a decrease of 1.767 million tonsfrom the previous month, down 6.95% year-on-year; the import volume of iron orein February was 83.08 million tons, a decrease of 8.184 million tons from theprevious month and a decrease of 8.97% from the previous month.