According to the China Steel Association, in late December 2023, according to key statistics, steel companies produced a total of 18.327 million tons of crude steel, 17.5392 million tons of pig iron, and 211.483 million tons of steel.
The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to the China Steel Association, in late December 2023, key statistics steel companies produced a total of 18.327 million tons of crude steel, 17.5392 million tons of pig iron, and 211.483 million tons of steel. Among them, crude steel produced 1.661,000 tons per day, a year-on-month decrease of 13.63%. Compared with the same caliber, a decrease of 13.04% in the same period last year, and a decrease of 20.37% compared with the same caliber in the same period last year.
In addition, pig iron production was 1,594,500 tons per day, down 12.13% month-on-month. Compared with the same caliber, down 9.77% from the same period last year, compared with the same caliber, a decrease of 15.47% compared to the same period last year (in this month, many production lines of large enterprises such as Baowu, Shougang, Hegang, and Zhongte Steel stopped production and maintenance. Affected by this, daily steel production declined significantly month-on-month), down 1.98% month-on-month (due to centralized settlement and warehousing at the end of the month by some member companies, the daily production of iron and steel fluctuated. There is a large difference in fluctuation, excluding the effect of centralized settlement and warehousing Factors include a 14% month-on-month decline in steel production for member companies). Compared with the same caliber, it decreased by 2.83% in the same period last year, and by 1.95% compared to the same caliber in the same period last year.
According to this estimate, the country's daily crude steel production this season was 2,228,700 tons, down 10.60% from the previous month. The daily iron production was 1.888,700 tons, down 8.61% from the previous month, and 3.432 million tons of steel per day, down 5.04% from the previous month.
In late December 2023, the key statistics showed that steel inventories of steel companies were 12.3595 million tons, down 17.69% from the previous quarter (that is, mid-December); down 603,600 tons from the same quarter of the previous month, down 4.66%; down 714,900 tons from the end of last year, down 5.47%; decreased by 6971,000 tons, down 5.34% from the same period last year; increased by 9.41% from the same period last year.