The novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic continues to spread worldwide. With the reduction of international market orders, the delay of international shipping and the international logistics such as shipping and air transportation, China's iron and steel exports are under direct pressure.

        In response to the severe trade situation, the state has issued a series of measures to stabilize foreign trade. For example, we should further improve the export tax rebate policy, expand the coverage of export credit insurance short-term insurance, temporarily exempt processing trade enterprises from tax deferred interest on domestic sales, and expand the pilot policy of selective tariff collection for domestic sales, so as to accurately help small and medium-sized enterprises tide over difficulties while maintaining the basic foreign trade situation. Specific to the iron and steel industry, in addition to the direct benefits of foreign trade import and export of steel enterprises, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises will also bring sustained steel demand.

        Expanding domestic demand is the strategic basis for achieving economic goals and promoting economic growth. According to the government work report, we should focus on supporting the "two new and one heavy" construction, which not only promotes consumption and benefits people's livelihood, but also adjusts the structure and increases the stamina. The concentration of new infrastructure construction and traditional infrastructure construction of major projects such as transportation and water conservancy will strongly support the demand of the iron and steel industry. In the second half of the year, infrastructure investment will be a key project to drive the development of the steel industry.

        Jinlianchuang believes that overall, the global economic recession is difficult to improve in the short term, and the shrinkage of foreign trade is still a major obstacle restricting domestic steel enterprises. In recent years, the domestic market is in the traditional off-season, the national steel inventory has rebounded, and the short-term terminal real demand is weak. After the influence of seasonal factors, with the development of macro policies and the construction of large-scale infrastructure, steel demand is expected to rise substantially, and the steel industry may usher in a new turning point.