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HPG ­- Domestic steel demand dictates profit recovery progress

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  • Although company directors had predicted correctly that the market would be negative at the end of the year, HPG still had a record loss due to macro policies that caused sudden stagnation in the real estate-construction sector, making steel prices and output drop rapidly.
  • The rather rigid inventory policy resulted in high inventory of raw materials in 2Q and 3Q causing a gross loss in 4Q.
  • Having economies of scale as the best advantage, HPG now has to suspend some of their blast furnaces due to sluggish demand.

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