Findings:
1. The rebar capacity utilization at 121 Chinese steel mills that
represents 272 production lines was 85.29% in week ending March 7, 2019,
down 0.68% from last survey.
2. In terms of production lines, running production lines was 232 out of
total 272, meaning operating rate was 85.29%, down 0.68% from last
survey.
3. In terms of rebar capacity, running capacity was 198.33 million tons
out of 230.12 million tons, making capacity utilization of 86.19%, down
0.99% from last period.
4. Rebar daily production for this week was 530,400 tons, down 2,400
tons from last survey.
Region |
In terms of Production Line Operating Rate |
In terms of Capacity Utilization |
In terms of Daily Production (10,000 tons) |
This Week % |
Last Week % |
Change% |
This Week % |
Last Week % |
Change% |
This Week % |
Last Week % |
Change% |
Total |
85.29 |
85.98 |
-0.68 |
86.19 |
87.18 |
-0.99 |
53.04 |
53.28 |
-0.24 |
North China |
78.05 |
82.93 |
-4.88 |
80.93 |
86.01 |
-5.08 |
7.06 |
7.56 |
-0.5 |
East China |
94.05 |
97.62 |
-3.57 |
94.67 |
98.03 |
-3.36 |
19.63 |
20.33 |
-0.7 |
South Central China |
86.21 |
81.03 |
5.17 |
88.15 |
83.16 |
4.99 |
10.98 |
10.82 |
0.16 |
Northeast China |
80.95 |
85 |
-4.05 |
76.71 |
82.02 |
-5.31 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
- |
West China |
79.41 |
77.94 |
1.47 |
78.34 |
77.8 |
0.54 |
11.47 |
10.67 |
0.8 |
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(To contact the reporter on this story: leo.ji@steelhome.cn or 86-555-2238932) |