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Steel production in China fell by 2.9% y/y in January–September

19,2026 12:00 PM

In the first nine months of 2026, production volumes of pig iron, steel and finished rolled products in China stood at 628.4 million tonnes, 724.8 million tonnes and 1.07 billion tonnes respectively. This represents a year-on-year decline of 3%, 2.9% and 2.0%, respectively. This was reported by SteelOrbis, citing the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS).

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