NBS: China's rebar output drops 4.3% YoY in 2025

China's total output of reinforcing bars for the whole 2025 retreated by 4.3% on year to 186.31 million tonnes, according to the latest release from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on January 22.

The on-year decline of cumulative rebar production widened by 1.1 percentage points from 3.2% in the first eleven months last year, mainly due to the significant on-year drop of 15.6% recorded in December alone, data in the same release indicated. The monthly rebar output registered 13.56 million tonnes last month,