Steel sheet is known as an import product in steel industry. China has a serious short supply of electrical steel as well as such sheets as hot-rolled, cold-rolled, galvanized and color-coated, and their market shares of China locally produced products are not high. Therefore, it has naturally become the choice of most of steel producers to invest in projects to produce such steel products. Some steel giants are investing heavily in steel sheet capacity expansion projects to expand their production scale, improve their product lines and upgrade the quality of varieties.

Accumulative Output Growth of Some Steel Sheet Downstream Products, Jan.-Nov., 2007

Source: ResearchInChina

Steel products used in the production of automobiles, machinery, household applications and consumer electronics are mostly sheets. As the above-mentioned industries are developing rapidly, China still has a short supply of steel sheet at home.

The report is based on the authoritative statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, the General Administration of Customs, State Information Center, China Iron & Steel Association and some regional steel sheet associations.

2. Supply and Demand of Steel Sheet Industry
2.1 Supply and Demand of Steel Sheet Industry, 2006-2008
2.1.1 Output and Consumption of Cold-rolled and Hot-rolled Sheets, 2006-2008
2.1.2 Supply and Demand of Cold-rolled and Hot-rolled Sheets, 2007-2008
2.2. Demand of Downstream Sectors for Steel Sheets

3. Supply and Demand of Steel Sheets by Variety
3.1 Hot-rolled Sheet
3.2 Cold-rolled Sheet
3.3 Coated Sheet
3.3.1 Galvanized Sheet
3.3.1.1 Changes of Galvanized Sheet Output
3.3.1.2 Import and Export of Galvanized Sheet
3.3.1.3 Development Trend of Galvanized Sheet Market
3.3.2 Color Coated Sheet
3.3.2.1 Color Coated Market in China
3.3.2.2 Import and Export of Color Coated Sheet
3.3.2.3 Development Trend of Color Coated Sheet Market
3.3.3 Tinplate
3.3.3.1 Production Capacity of Tinplate in China
3.3.3.2 China Tinplate Demand
3.4 Electric Steel
3.4.1 Supply and Demand of Electric Steel Market
3.4.2 Import and Export of Electric Steel Market
3.4.3 Price Trend of Electric Steel Market

4. Changes in China Steel Sheet Prices in 2008 and Its Forecast
4.1 Overall Changes in China Steel Products in 2007 and Its Forecast in 2008
4.2 Changes in China Steel Sheet Prices in 2007
4.2.1 Changes in Steel Sheet Prices in the International and China Adjacent Areas
4.2.2 Changes in China Steel Sheet Prices
4.3 Changes in Coated Sheet Prices

5. Development Trend and Forecast of China Steel Sheet Producers 
5.1 China's Overall Production Scale of Steel Sheet Producers in 2007
5.2 Typical Steel Sheet Producers 
5.2.1 Baosteel Group
5.2.1.1 Company Profile
5.2.1.2 Production and Operation 
5.2.1.3 Development Trend  
5.2.2 Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corp.  
5.2.2.1 Company Profile
5.2.2.2 Production and Operation 
5.2.2.3 Funds Invested in Projects under Construction
5.2.3 Wuhan Iron & Steel (Group) Corp
5.2.3.1 Company Profile
5.2.3.2 Production and Operation
5.2.3.3 Tangsteel Group 
5.2.4.1 Company Profile
5.2.4.2 Production and Operation
5.2.4.3 Projects Invested by Funds Raised
5.2.5 Masteel
5.2.5.1 Company Profile
5.2.5.2 Production and Operation
5.2.5.3 Management Plan

6. Conclusion  
6.1 China Steel Sheet Industry Development 
6.2 Concentration Degree of China Steel Sheet Market
6.3 Comments on Listed Companies
6.3.1 Baosteel Co. Ltd.
6.3.2 Angang Steel Co. Ltd.
6.3.3 Wuhan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.
6.3.4 Tangshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
6.3.5 Maanshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.