According to the official statistics from China, the total stainless crude steel output in China of this year might achieve 30 million tons, increased by 12.36% year on year.

Moreover, the domestic demand for stainless steel this year would be a total of around 25 million tons, increased by 15.15%.

Although the global economic environment was not very well, both output and demand for stainless steel still increased, showing its functional and replacement.