China Iron and Steel Association: In early December, the national daily crude steel production reached 2.28 million tons, an increase of 5.3% compared to the previous month.

In early December 2025, key statistics show that steel enterprises in China produced a total of 18.69 million tons of crude steel, with an average daily output of 1.869 million tons, representing a 2.8% increase compared to the previous period. They also produced 17.14 million tons of pig iron, with an average daily output of 1.714 million tons, which is a decrease of 3.4% compared to the previous period. Additionally, they produced 18.29 million tons of steel, with an average daily output of 1.829 million tons, representing a 12.1% decrease compared to the previous period. Based on these estimates, it is calculated that in the first ten days of this month, the national daily production of crude steel is 2.28 million tons, with a 5.3% increase compared to the previous period, the daily production of pig iron is 2.09 million tons, with a 0.2% increase compared to the previous period, and the daily production of steel is 3.87 million tons, with a 5.4% decrease compared to the previous period. Due to fluctuations in data from some large enterprises and the impact of centralized inventory settlement at the end of the previous month, there is a significant decrease in the daily production of steel this month. Excluding the impact of inventory settlement, the daily production of steel this month decreased by 10.7% compared to the previous period.