Steel export growth

RecordSTO-1T4CJHZZR2-CME83C1B9V-MX9Y3G

153%

China · 2020–2025

Steel export growth in China was 153% in 2020–2025 (OECD).

Original source
Publisher
OECD
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Countries with excess capacity are flooding world markets with steel
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Chinese steelmakers shipped a record 131 Mt of steel to foreign markets in 2025, equivalent to around 14% of their annual crude steel production that year, and a 153% surge from 2020.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Steel Outlook 2026, Countries with excess capacity are flooding world markets with steel

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APA

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2025). OECD Steel Outlook 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-steel-outlook-2026_99ab9b0c-en.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1T4CJHZZR2CME83C1B9VMX9Y3G

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MLA
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. "OECD Steel Outlook 2026." 2025, https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-steel-outlook-2026_99ab9b0c-en.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1T4CJHZZR2CME83C1B9VMX9Y3G.
Chicago
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. "OECD Steel Outlook 2026." 2025. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-steel-outlook-2026_99ab9b0c-en.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1T4CJHZZR2CME83C1B9VMX9Y3G.
BibTeX
@misc{oecd2025steelmx9y3g, author = {{Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}}, title = {OECD Steel Outlook 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1T4CJHZZR2CME83C1B9VMX9Y3G}, note = {Original source: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-steel-outlook-2026\_99ab9b0c-en.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-1T4CJHZZR2-CME83C1B9V-MX9Y3G T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
OECD Steel Outlook 2026
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Countries with excess capacity are flooding world markets with steel
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
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