According to the statistics of CISA, the daily output of crude steel was 3.1165Mt in May, up by 0.77% compared with April. The total output of crude steel was 96.61Mt in May, down by 3.50% y-o-y. The daily outputs of pig iron and steel products were 2.5965Mt and 3.9552Mt in May, up by 1.45% and 3.33% compared with April. The total outputs of pig iron and steel products increased by 2.0% and decreased by 2.3% y-o-y to 80.49Mt and 122.61Mt respectively.

During January to May, the total outputs of pig iron, crude steel and steel products were 361Mt, 435Mt, 549Mt, down by 8.7%, 5.9% and 5.1% y-o-y. The daily outputs of pig iron, crude steel and steel products during January to May were 2.3899Mt, 2.8809Mt and 3.6378Mt.

In May, the daily outputs of pig iron, crude steel and steel products in major steel enterprises counted by CISA were 2.1710Mt, 2.4746Mt, 2.3866Mt, up by 1.37%, 1.04% and 1.59% m-o-m. During January to May, the total outputs of pig iron, crude steel and steel products in major steel enterprises counted by CISA were 301Mt, 343Mt and 332Mt, down by 4.96%, 6.50% and 5.37% y-o-y.