Inventories of key finished steel products in China fell by 4.4% at the end of November 2025.

China's headline producer price index fell 2.2 percent year-on-year in November, while it rose 0.1 percent month-on-month. Also in November, Chinese industrial producer prices fell 2.5 percent year-on-year and rose 0.1 percent from October this year.

Between January and November this year, China's overall producer price index fell 2.7 percent year-on-year, while Chinese industrial producer prices fell 3.1 percent year-on-year.