China crude steel production 66.1M tonnes in October

by Jessica Wagner on November 24, 2015

in Data

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