The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in mid-March (March 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 2.027 million mt, up 0.8 percent compared to early March (March 1-10) this year.
In early March, the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China had amounted to 2.011 million mt, down 0.8 percent compared to late February (February 21-28) this year.
Inventory levels of the large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China increased in the given period. As of March 20, the finished steel inventories of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to 17.91 million mt, increasing by 0.6 percent compared to March 10.