The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in mid-April (April 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 2.229 million mt, up 1.5 percent compared to early April (April 1-10) this year.
In early April, the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China had totaled 2.197 million mt, up 3.4 compared to late March (March 21-31) this year.
Inventory levels of the large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China increased in the given period. As of April 20, the finished steel inventories of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to 16.71 million mt, increasing by 4.2 percent compared to April 10.