Value added in China’s ferrous metal smelting and rolling sector rose 1.7% year on year in January–September 2026, the National Bureau of Statistics of China said on October 19.
In September, the measure increased 1.6% year on year, 0.6 percentage points faster than in August. Overall industrial output in China grew 5.5% for the month, accelerating by 0.3 percentage points.
Across the first nine months, value added in China’s industrial output rose 5.3%. Mining output increased 2%, while manufacturing grew 5.7%.
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