Steel exports
STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
131 milliontonnes
China · 2025
Steel exports in China totalled 131 million tonnes in 2025 (AISI).
- Publisher
- AISI
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- AISI Says China Report on ‘So Called Excess Capacity’ Fundamentally Flawed
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In 2025, in the face of multiyear declines in Chinese domestic steel demand, Chinese steel exports accelerated to 131 million metric tons, as much as all of North America’s steel consumption combined.
Verbatim extraction verified: The figure 131 million tonnes is directly attested in the quoted passage (AISI Says China Report on ‘So Called Excess Capacity’ Fundamentally Flawed).
The figure above was extracted from this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.
Cite this figure
Published under CC BY 4.0. Attribute the original publisher; the citations below do that for you and link to this permanent record.
- APA
- American Iron and Steel Institute. (2025). AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.steel.org/2026/07/aisi-says-china-report-on-so-called-excess-capacity-fundamentally-flawed/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R8
- MLA
- American Iron and Steel Institute. "AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed." 2025, https://www.steel.org/2026/07/aisi-says-china-report-on-so-called-excess-capacity-fundamentally-flawed/. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R8.
- Chicago
- American Iron and Steel Institute. "AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed." 2025. https://www.steel.org/2026/07/aisi-says-china-report-on-so-called-excess-capacity-fundamentally-flawed/. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R8.
- BibTeX
- @misc{aisi2025steelmkk2r8, author = {{American Iron and Steel Institute}}, title = {AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R8}, note = {Original source: https://www.steel.org/2026/07/aisi-says-china-report-on-so-called-excess-capacity-fundamentally-flawed/. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
Provenance and verification
Everything needed to check this number yourself, without taking our word for it.
Chain of Custody · Verification Audit
Primary Source
- Publisher
- American Iron and Steel Institute · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- AISI Says China Report on ‘So Called Excess Capacity’ Fundamentally Flawed
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R8