According to the statistics of CISA, the daily output of crude steel was 2.3053Mt in major steel enterprises counted by CISA in early-May, down by 2.26% compared with that in late-April. The total output of crude steel, pig iron and steel products were 23.0525Mt, 20.3168Mt and 21.6199Mt respectively.

By estimation, the daily output of crude steel in the whole country was 3.0734Mt in the period, down by 1.72% compared with that in the previous ten days. During late-April, the total output of crude steel, pig iron and steel products were 30.7341Mt, 24.1268Mt and 38.8295Mt respectively in the whole country.

The stocks of steel products in these steel enterprises amounted to 18.7485Mt in early-May, up by 659,800t compared with that in late-April.