China's home appliance production regained some lost ground by the end of June after output slumped at the start of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, data from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed, which helped to support hot-dip galvanized coil prices. Production of air conditioners, washing machines, freezers and refrigerators over January-June dropped 11.4% year on year, narrower than the 17.1% drop posted for January-May and less than a third of the 35.0% decline seen for January-February, the data showed.
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