Operation of the steel industry in 2021
In 2021, the national crude steel output will be 1,032.79 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3% and an increase of 5.2% in the previous year; the steel output will be 1,336.67 million tons, an increase of 0.6%, and the growth rate will drop by 7.1 percentage points year-on-year. The output of coke was 464.46 million tons, a decrease of 2.2%, and an increase of 0.04% in the previous year. The output of ferroalloy was 34.76 million tons, a decrease of 4.4%, and the decline increased by 1.7 percentage points. According to customs statistics, the export of steel was 66.9 million tons, an increase of 24.6%; the import was 14.27 million tons, a decrease of 29.5%. The import of iron ore was 1,124.32 million tons, down 3.9%.
Compared with the previous month, steel prices have fallen. In December, the composite index of steel prices in the domestic market averaged 132.8 points, down 4.1 points from the previous month and up 11.9 points year-on-year. The average price of 6mm high wire was 4,949 yuan/ton, down 1.7% from the previous month and up 13.4% year-on-year; the average price of 20mm medium plate was 5,073 yuan/ton, down 3.5% from the previous month and up 15.9% year-on-year; 1.0mm cold rolled The average price of the sheet was 5,557 yuan/ton, down 4.9% from the previous month and down 1% from the same period last year.
(The data in the text, unless otherwise stated, are from the National Bureau of Statistics, relevant associations or calculated accordingly)