Chinese steel sector’s capacity usage rate at 80.1 percent in Q3 2025

Tuesday, 21 October 2025 09:31:29 (GMT+3)   |   Shanghai

The capacity utilization rate of the ferrous metal smelting, rolling and processing industry in China was at 80.1 percent in the July-September period of the current year, down 0.7 percentage points year on year, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Total industrial capacity utilization in China in the July-September period was at 74.6 percent, down 0.6 percentage points compared to the same period last year, while up 0.6 percentage points compared to the April-June period this year.


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