China's crude steel output reached 960 million tons in 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 4.4%.

On January 19, the National Bureau of Statistics released a report titled "China's Industrial Value Added Increased by 5.2% in December 2025."

The report shows that in 2025, China's crude steel output was 960.81 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.4%; pig iron output was 836.04 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3%; steel output was 1.44612 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%; and coke output was 504.12 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%.

By industry, in December, 33 out of 41 major industrial sectors maintained year-on-year growth in value added. Among them, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grew by 0.7%, and the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grew by 4.8%.