According to the latest data of China SteelAssociation, the average daily output of crude steel in key steel enterprisesin the country in late March was 1,834,600 tons, a decrease of 67,700 tons fromthe previous year, a decrease of 3.56%. As of the end of March, the steelinventories of key steel enterprises were 11.628 million tons, a decrease of2,224,500 tons from the end of the previous decade, a decrease of 16.06%.