MIIT: operation of the steel industry in Jan-Feb, 2020

  • Tuesday, March 31, 2020
  • Source:ferro-alloys.com

  • Keywords:MIIT, operation, steel industry
[Fellow]China steel price average index was103.34 in Jan-Feb, down by 3.3% YoY. China steel price index was by February, 28, down by 5.71% YoY.
[Ferro-Alloys.comProduction: In Jan-Feb, China pig iron and crude steel production was 132 million tons and 155 million tons, up by 3.06% and 3.07% YoY respecrively; steel products production was 167 million tons, down by3.39% YoY.
 
Price: China steel price average index was103.34 in Jan-Feb, down by 3.3% YoY. China steel price index was by February, 28, down by 5.71% YoY.
 
 
Income and Profit: In Jan-Feb, revenue of ferrous metal smelting and rolling industry was 821.94 billion yuan, down by year on year and total profit was 12.89 billion yuan, down by 34.4% year on year.
 
Exports and Imports. According to China Customs, in Jan-Feb, China exported 7.811 million tons, down by 27.0% year on year and export value was $61.069 million, down by 28.5% year on year; and steel import up by 2.1% YoY to 2.041 million tons, import value down by 13% YoY to $20.779 million.
 
Iron ore price. In Jan-Feb, average price index of iron ore was near 330. China iron ore price index was 345.0 at the end of January, an increase of 11.9 (3.6%) vs. last montn; and the price index was 311.3 at the end of February, up by 11.93 (3.9%) from the begining of February.(MIIT)
 
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