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 2.1484 million mt, down 0.16 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 2.1517 million mt, down 0.73 percent compared to late June (June 21-30) this year.
Inventory levels of the large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China increased. As of July 20, the finished steel inventories of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to 16.3021 million mt, increasing by 899,600 mt or 5.84 percent compared to July 10.