Till the close of last week Dec 24th, the imported iron ore stockpiles at China major ports posted at 72.86 million tonnes up 0.53 million tonnes from last week 72.33 million tonnes, out of which Brazilian ore stockpiles 18.28 million tonnes down 310,000 tonnes, Australian ore inventory 26.73 million tonnes up 60,000 tonnes and Indian ore stock 12 million tonnes up 120,000 from that of last week.