Chinese steel sector’s capacity usage rate at 80.8 percent in Q2

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 10:00:26 (GMT+3)   |   Shanghai

The capacity utilization rate of the ferrous metal smelting, rolling and processing industry in China was at 80.8 percent in the April-June period of the current year, up 1.1 percentage points year on year, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Total industrial capacity utilization in China in the April-June period was at 80.1 percent, up 1.6 percentage points compared to the same period last year.


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