商務部發言人宣稱中國最希望國際鋼鐵市場穩定

China hopes to see a stable global steel market and does not want encourage large amoun tof steel exports, Shen Danyang, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce(MOFCOM), said last Tuesday.

中國商務部發言人沈丹陽上週二表示，中國希望全球鋼鐵市場穩定，並且不想鼓勵大宗鋼鐵出口。

The latest data from China Customs showed domestic steel exports reached 46.28 million tons in the first five months of the year, up 6.4 percent from the same period last year,while steel exports in May increased 3.7 percent from the previous month to approach 9.42 million tons.

中國海關最新數據顯示，今年前五個月，國內鋼鐵出口量達到4.628億萬噸，同比去年增加6.4%，與此同時，五月鋼鐵出口量同比前一個月增長近942萬噸，上漲3.7%。

But compared to the same period in 2015, the year-on-year growth in steel exports in the first five months of this year is relatively small, according to Shen.

不過沈丹陽表示，同比2015年同時期，今年前五個月鋼鐵出口量的年上漲幅度相對較小。

"Such trend shows that China has been and is making a contribution to the stability of the global steel market instead of the other way around," the spokesperson said, noting that China's steel production is mainly for domestic demand and the country does not encourage large amounts exports.

這位發言人說道：“這樣的趨勢顯示，中國已經並且正在爲全球鋼鐵市場穩定做出貢獻，而不是以相反的方式。”此外，他還指出中國的鋼鐵產量主要是爲了國內內需，國家並不鼓勵大量出口。

China has rolled out a series of measures to further control its steel exports.

目前，中國已經開展一系列手段以進一步控制鋼鐵出口。

"For instance, the government levied duties on certain crude steel products in a bid to reduce export," Wang Guoqing, research director at the Beijing Lange Steel InformationResearch Center, told the Global Times.

北京蘭格鋼鐵信息研究中心研究主任王國慶接受《環球時報》採訪時表示：“比如，政府在特定鋼鐵原材料產品上徵稅以減少出口。”

China's steel products are competitive in the world market thanks to its price and quality,and many countries need Chinese steel products for infrastructure construction, Wang said.

王國慶主任表示，得益於價格和品質，中國鋼材產品在國際市場上很有競爭力，許多國家需要中國的鋼材產品進行基礎設施建設。

"It is not reasonable to blame China all the time, and it is the demand in the market that in fact caused the instability in the global steel industry," Wang noted.

王國慶指出：“總是譴責中國是不合理的。事實上，是市場需求造成了全球鋼鐵工業的不穩定性。”