The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in mid-July (July 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 2.141million mt, up 2.1 percent compared to early July (July 1-10) this year.
In early July, the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China had totaled 2.097 million mt, down 1.5 percent compared to late June (June 21-30) this year.
Inventory levels of the large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China increased in the given period. As of July 20, the finished steel inventories of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to 15.66 million mt, increasing by 3.9 percent compared to July 10.