AI Data Insight
China's latest Q3 2026 steel output reached 11,817.0 ten thousand tons, an increase of about 3% from the previous value of 11,475.0 ten thousand tons, temporarily shaking off the gloom of consecutive months of decline. Although real estate and infrastructure demand remain sluggish, the rising proportion of steel used in manufacturing and strong export resilience have provided support for production. Going forward, attention must be paid to the mitigating effect of lower iron ore prices on costs, as well as the potential suppression of export space by escalating international trade barriers.