China produced 78.98 million tonnes in March, down 1.7 percent year on year, as mills cut back production due to relatively high stockpiles and weak profits amid the novel coronavirus epidemic, according to government data.

China's imports of bulk commodities including iron ore, crude oil and coal, as well as essential agricultural products.

In the week ending on April 11, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,256,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 56.1 percent.

CISA: Social inventories of steel products in early April,2020.

Turkey’s flat steel exports decreased by 32.92% year-on-year in February 2020 amid decreased demand in export outlets as well as strong domestic consumption.

Oriented Silicon Steel production see a 25% increase YoY in Feb.

U.S. imported a total of 1,505,000 net tons of steel in February 2020.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 143.3 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2020, a 2.8% increase compared to February 2019.