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.