AI Data Insight
China's Q4 (full-year) finished steel production in 2025 reached 1,446.121 million tonnes, bucking the trend to grow by approximately 3.3% from the previous 1,399.674 million tonnes, defying market expectations of an overall decline in the steel industry. Although the domestic property market downturn drove crude steel output to a multi-year low, steelmakers' transition to flat products and record-high export volumes successfully supported the expansion of overall steel output. Future production capacity will face the dual challenges of trade friction and policy-driven production limits.