The capacity utilization rate of the ferrous metal smelting, rolling and processing industry in China was at 79.3 percent in the January-March period of the current year, up 2.0 percentage points year on year, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Total industrial capacity utilization in China in the January-March period was at 74.1 percent, up 0.5 percentage points compared to the same period last year.