According to the statistics of CISA, the daily output of crude steel was 1.8905Mt in major steel enterprises counted by CISA in mid-December, down by 2.26% compared with that in early-December. The total output of crude steel, pig iron and steel products were 18.9046Mt, 16.3633Mt and 18.3052Mt respectively.

        By estimation, the daily output of crude steel in the whole country was 2.40Mt in the period, down by 1.89% compared with that in the previous ten days. During mid-December, the total output of crude steel, pig iron and steel products were 23.9997Mt, 19.7864Mt and 30.8743Mt respectively in the whole country.

        The stocks of steel products in these steel enterprises amounted to 13.570Mt in mid-December, up by 227,500t compared with that in early-December.