Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 66.1 million metric tonnes in October, 3.1% lower than in October 2014. Chinese crude output for the first ten months of 2015 was 2.2% lower than in the same period last year.
China’s net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in October were 8.1 million tonnes, 8.2% higher than net exports in October 2014, but 21.2% lower than the record level reached in September 2015. Net exports for the first ten months of 2015 were 32.1% higher than in the first ten months of 2014.
China monthly crude steel production
January 2005 to October 2015
thousand metric tonnes