NBS: China's Q1 crude steel output slips 4.6% YoY

China's total crude steel output maintained the downtrend during the first quarter of this year to reach 247.55 million tonnes, down at a faster pace of 4.6% on year as against the decrease of 3.6% for the first two months, according to the latest release by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday morning.

For March alone, China's produced 87.04 million tonnes of crude steel, falling by 6.3% on year, the NBS statistics showed. On a daily basis, the country's crude steel output averaged 2.81 million tonnes/day in March, lower than the 3 million t/d recorded in March 2025, though it recovered by