Global economic sentiment has remained volatile over the past three months with concerns over monetary policy in both the USA and China. Global IP saw its lowest y/y growth since 2009 in 2013 Q1, but there has been a slight improvement in Q2. Despite slowing economic growth, China has still seen the strongest growth in plate demand in volume terms, helping to increase global apparent plate consumption by over 5% q/q in 2013 Q2 to reach 73.2 Mt.
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