Industrial production of China's steel industry increased by 5.3 percent in January-October 2025

In the period from January to October of this year, industrial value-added products in the smelting and rolling of ferrous metals in China recorded an increase of 5.3 percent year-on-year, as announced by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) on November 14.

In October alone, industrial value-added products from ferrous metals, China's metallurgical and rolling sector grew by 1.4 percent year-on-year.

In the first ten months, China's total value-added industrial output increased by 6.1 percent year-on-year. In October alone, total value-added industrial production increased by 0.17 percent month-on-month and by 4.9 percent year-on-year.In January-October, the value added of industrial products in the mining and manufacturing sectors increased by 5.6 percent and 6.6 percent year-on-year, respectively. In October alone, the value added of industrial production in the mining and manufacturing sectors increased by 4.5 percent and 4.9 percent year-on-year, respectively.