CISA urges export curbs on billet after this year's early surge

China's steel industry faces mounting decarbonization challenges as steel billet exports grow at an alarming rate, prompting calls for export control measures, Jiang Wei, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the China and Steel Association (CISA), warned at a recent conference.

During the first five months of this year, China exported a total of 4.7 million tonnes of steel billet, substantially higher by 306% compared with the same period last year, according to data released by the country's General Administration of Customs (GACC). In May alone, China's billet export volume