China’s stainless steel cold rolled output of 41 mills reached approximately 1.44 million tons in October 2026, down by 26,800 tons or 1.83% month on month, and 0.64% year on year. The mills' capacity utilization rate stood at 70.7%, decreasing by 1.3 percentage points compared with the previous month.

By series, output of 200-series stainless steel totaled 396,500 tons, down by 46,400 tons or 10.48% month on month and 12.38% year on year. Meanwhile, 300-series output increased by 14,500 tons or 1.92% month on month to 771,000 tons, up by 10.08% year on year.

Output of 400-series stainless steel also rose by 5,100 tons or 1.93% month on month to 268,800 tons, although it remained 8.17% lower than the same period last year.