The China Special Steel Enterprises Association (SSEA) has issued its member companies’ steel output figures for the January-September period of this year. Accordingly, SSEA member companies’ overall crude steel output in the given period totaled 74,946,045 mt, decreasing by four percent or 2,720,569 mt year on year.
In particular, in the given period SSEA member enterprises’ non-alloy crude steel output totaled 30,648,997 mt, down three percent on year-on-year basis, accounting for 41 percent of the total crude steel production of SSEA member companies. SSEA companies’ low-alloy crude steel output totaled 22,843,026 mt in the given period, remaining unchanged year on year and constituting 30 percent of the total. Medium- and high-alloy crude steel output of the enterprises in question in the given period amounted to 17,779,633 mt, down nine percent year on year, accounting for 24 percent of the total. Stainless crude steel output totaled 3,674,389mt, increasing by four percent year on year and accounting for six percent of the total crude steel output figure.
Meanwhile, in January-September SSEA member companies’ finished steel output totaled 74,712,362 mt, decreasing by 1,873,811 mt year on year. In particular, non-alloy finished steel output totaled 30,481,725 mt, down five percent year on year and accounting for 41 percent of the member enterprises’ total finished product output for the period. Low-alloy finished steel output totaled 24,083,713 mt, increasing by four percent year on year and accounting for 32 percent of the total. Medium- and high-alloy finished steel output totaled 16,572,606 mt, down eight percent year on year and accounting for 22 percent of the SSEA member enterprises’ total finished steel output. SSEA member companies’ stainless steel output in the given period totaled 3,575,320 mt, up eight percent year on year and constituting five percent of the total.
Of the companies’ finished steel output, 17,347,269 mt consisted of steel bars, accounting for 23 percent of the total, 13,064,093 mt consisted of wire rod, accounting for 17 percent of the total, steel plate output amounted to 4,614,541 mt, equal to six percent of the total, while steel sheets accounted for 4,834,586 mt, six percent of the total.