China’s steel export growth moderates to 6% y-o-y in Jan-Oct’25

China’s steel export growth stood at 6% y-o-y in January-October 2025, softening from the 9% increase seen over January-September. Reduced outflows during October pulled down the overall growth rate, with shipments during January-October totalling 97.7 million tonnes (mnt). It is to be noted that the y-o-y percentage increase in January-October 2025 remains much lower than the 22% growth recorded in the year-ago period.