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Mills operated at an average capability utilization rate of 73.8%.
In the corresponding week last year, mills produced 1,860,000 tons at an average capability utilization rate of 76.1%.
Mills have produced 72,430,000 tons so far this year at an average capability utilization rate of 77.1%, up 4.6% from the same period last year, when mills produced 69,222,000 tons at an average capability utilization rate of 74.8%.