(1) Output reached the highest level in history. From January to June 2013, the country`s cumulative production of crude steel was 390 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%, and the growth rate was 5.6 percentage points higher than the same period in 2012. In the first six months, the average daily output of crude steel was 2.154 million tons, equivalent to an annual output of 786 million tons of crude steel. Among them, it reached a record high of 2.208 million tons in February. Although it dropped from March to June, it still Molded Tablets Focusing Potentiometer Ceramic Substrate remained at a relatively high level of more than 2.1 million tons. In terms of provinces and regions, from January to June, the crude steel output of Hebei and Jiangsu increased by 6.8% and 13.2% respectively year-on-year. The combined output of the two provinces accounted for 42.4% of the national increase of 26.94 million tons. In addition, Shanxi, Liaoning, Provinces such as Henan and Yunnan also increased production by more than 1 million tons. In terms of different types of enterprises, from January to June, the Molded Tablets Focusing Potentiometer Ceramic Substrate crude steel output of key large and medium-sized iron and steel enterprises increased by 5.5% year-on-year, which was 2 percentage points lower than the national average increase. However, 60% of the increase in production still came from key large and medium-sized iron and steel enterprises.
(2) Low steel prices run. From January to June 2013, the overall performance of the domestic steel market was sluggish. With the substantial release of crude steel production capacity, market supply and demand have fallen into a state of imbalance, and steel prices have entered a downward channel and have been weakly down for more than four months. As of July 26, 2013, the steel price index fell to 100.48 points, which was lower than 6.6 points at the beginning of the year. The prices of the eight steel products under the key statistics of the Iron and Steel Association have all declined to varying degrees from the beginning of the year, with an average drop of 5.7%. In terms of varieties, the prices of construction wire rod and rebar, which account for a large proportion of my country's steel output, fell by 4.9% and 6.7%, respectively, and the prices of medium and heavy plates and hot rolled coils fell by 5.7% and 9.7%, respectively.
(3) Steel exports grew rapidly. The imbalance between supply and demand in the domestic steel market stimulates corporate exports. From January to June, my country Molded Tablets Focusing Potentiometer Ceramic Substrate exported 30.69 million tons of steel products, an increase of 12.6% year-on-year; imported steel products were 6.83 million tons, a decrease of 1.8%, and imported steel billets and ingots were 320,000 tons, an increase of 50%. Converting billets into crude steel, the cumulative net export was 25.06 million tons, an increase of 17.3% year-on-year, accounting for 6.4% of my country's crude steel output. In terms of export prices, the average export price of bar and wire from January to June was US$624.3/ton, a year-on-year decrease of 18%; sheet metal was US$835.2/ton, a year-on-year decrease of 2.8%.
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