China's customs data showed that China’s finished steel exports over January-February 2020 fell 27% year on year to 7.811 million tonnes.

JSW Steel Limited reported crude steel production at 1.320 million tonnes in February 2020.

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on March 9 that for the month of January 2020, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,535,755 net tons.

Hoa Phat Group, the largest steel maker in Vietnam, exported over 40,000 tonnes of construction steel in February, almost tripling that of the same period last year.

China exported 7.811 million tons of steel in the first two month of 2020, down by 2.886 million tons (27%) vs. the same period in 2019.

Through 2019, China exported a total of 64.29 million tons of steel, down by 7.3% vs. the same period in 2018.

Hoa Phat posts 11.3-pct rise in construction steel export volume.

India's crude steel production drops 3 pc to 9.3 MT in January: Report .