According to the statistics of the China Iron and Steel Association, in late September 2023, the key statistics of iron and steel enterprises produced a total of 20.6636 million tons of crude steel, 18.9017 million tons of pig iron, and 22.1591 million tons of steel. Among them, the daily output of crude steel was 2.0664 million tons, down 3.15% from the previous month, down 3.05% compared with the same period last year, and up 16.82% compared with the same period last year. The daily production of pig iron was 1.890,200 tons, down 3.31% from the previous quarter, down 3.26% from the same period last year, and up 12.43% from the same period last year. Steel daily output of 2,215,900 tons, an increase of 5.21% (affected by the centralized settlement of some member enterprises at the end of the month, the daily output of steel increased more than the previous period; Excluding the relevant influencing factors, the steel daily production of the member enterprises decreased by 1.94% quarter-on-quarter, decreased by 0.24% compared with the same period last year, and increased by 18.87% compared with the same period last year.

According to this estimate, the national daily output of crude steel 2,691,800 tons, a decrease of 3.12%, the daily output of pig iron 2,335,100 tons, a decrease of 4.25%, the daily output of steel 3,538,400 tons, a decrease of 0.82%.

In late September 2023, the steel inventory of steel enterprises was 15.2468 million tons, a decrease of 510,000 tons or 3.24% compared with the previous ten days (that is, mid-September); Compared with the same period of last month (that is, the end of last month), an increase of 522,300 tons, an increase of 3.55%; An increase of 2.172,400 tons or 16.62% over the end of last year; A decrease of 636,100 tons, or 4%, over the same period last year; Over the same period of the previous year, an increase of 3.292,400 tons, an increase of 27.54%.