--FILE--un lavoratore cinese dirige una gru per il sollevamento di rinforzo aste in acciaio presso il magazzino di un impianto siderurgico in città Huaibei, est cinese della provincia di Anhui
--FILE--A Chinese worker directs a crane to lift reinforcing steel rods at the warehouse of a steel plant in Huaibei city, east China's Anhui province, 20 January 2015. Steel exports from China, the world's largest producer, rose to a record for a fifth month as new tax rules for some shipments failed to slow sales. The country shipped 10.29 million metric tons of steel products in January, a 52 percent rise from the same month the previous year, according to data released by the customs administration on Sunday (8 February 2015) in Beijing. China's outbound shipments surged 51 percent to a record 93.78 million tons in 2014 as producers sought overseas buyers while construction slowed and the economy cooled. China's surging exports underscored the country's record trade surplus in January caused by weakening domestic demand and plummeting commodity prices. Total imports fell by the most in five years amid a property downturn and a stall in manufacturing. Steel shipments during this year are forecast to fall after the government canceled export-tax rebates for alloys that contain the chemical element boron as part of a drive to force the industry to consolidate.
