From January to February 2025, China's crude steel output was 166.3 million tons, down 1.5% year-on-year

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China's crude steel output from January to February was 166.3 million tons, down 1.5% year-on-year. From January to February, China's pig iron output was 140.75 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.5%. From January to February, China's steel output was 224.09 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%.
　　In terms of industries, from January to February, 36 of the 41 major industries maintained a year-on-year increase in added value. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry increased by 5.4 percent, the oil and gas extraction industry increased by 0.9 percent, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 8.3 percent, the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry increased by 3.9 percent, the textile industry increased by 7.0 percent, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 9.5 percent, the non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 2.1 percent, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 5.7 percent, the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 6.6 percent, and the general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 9.5 percent. The manufacturing of special equipment increased by 3.8 percent, the automobile manufacturing industry by 12.0 percent, the railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry by 20.8 percent, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry by 12.0 percent, the computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry by 10.6 percent, and the electricity and heat production and supply industry by 0.8 percent.
　　In terms of products, from January to February, the output of 378 of the 623 products of industries above designated size increased year-on-year. Among them, steel was 224.09 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%; cement 170.99 million tons, down 5.7%; 12.94 million tons of ten non-ferrous metals, an increase of 1.4%; ethylene 6.58 million tons, an increase of 17.6%; 4.454 million automobiles, an increase of 13.9%, including 1.817 million new energy vehicles, an increase of 47.7%; power generation was 1,492.1 billion kWh, down 1.3%; The crude oil processing volume was 119.17 million tons, an increase of 2.1%.
　　From January to February, the sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 95.5 percent, down 0.6 percentage points year-on-year, and the export delivery value of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 2,275.1 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 6.2 percent year-on-year.