The latest news in the steel industry

1. According to the data of the general administration of customs, China's exports of steel in March were 565.1 million tons, up 16.6% from the previous month and 25.2% year-on-year. In the january-march period, the total amount of exported steel was 1,5148,000 tons, down 26.4% year on year and 0.7 percentage point lower than that in January and February. In march, China imported 857.88 million tons of iron ore, up 1.8 percent from the previous month and 10.2 percent year-on-year. Imports of iron ore reached 271 million tons in january-march, down 0.1 percent from a year earlier.
 
2. Starting to enter the traditional shopping season in March, Large-scale infrastructure investment projects in various regions are ready to be launched, and strong support for steel prices; Because of the uncertainty of downstream demand release and the "double-edged sword" effect of environmental protection restriction, the downstream demand is also hard to release. Safety and environmental policies continue to overweight, "2 + 26" city all the special emission limits and part of iron and steel industry steel limit production key areas extend, crude steel production release remain constrained, surge expected decreased significantly.