As of March 25, 21 percent of the 621 enterprises in the steel industry said they had not yet decided when to resume work, according to a report on the resumption of work by the steel logistics committee of the China federation of materials and industry on March 31. And the survey shows that the steel industry enterprises in the first quarter of the overall employment situation is good, no large-scale layoffs. However, at present, enterprises are faced with the problems of warehousing and logistics, order and demand shortage, which requires the industry departments concerned to pay attention to.

According to the questionnaire survey results, 621 enterprises in the steel industry received effective feedback, involving 34 provinces (regions and municipalities) in China. From the perspective of type, it involves 56 manufacturing enterprises, 375 trade circulation enterprises, 98 warehousing and logistics enterprises, 54 terminal manufacturing enterprises, 15 financial investment enterprises and 23 other enterprises.

The steel industry has returned to work nearly 80 percent of the time

Among the 621 enterprises in the survey sample, 198, or 32%, had resumed work before February 16. By March 1, 178 enterprises, or 29%, had returned to work. 110 enterprises (18%) returned to work on or after 1 March; Another 135 enterprises, or 21 percent, said they had not yet determined when they would return to work.

From the perspective of the on-boarding rate, among the 621 enterprises surveyed in this study, 23% of the employees are below 30%, 16% of the employees are between 30-50%, 29% of the employees are 50-70%, 14% of the employees are 70-90%, and 100% of the employees are 18%.

According to the type of enterprises, the recovery time level of trade, storage and logistics enterprises is the same as the average time, while the financial enterprises and manufacturing enterprises have the highest proportion of normal operation after the resumption of work, as high as 68.21% and 54.72% respectively. The total amount that can resume normal operation after the resumption of work one week accounts for 68% and 75% respectively. Compared with this, the recovery of terminal manufacturing is relatively slow, only 23.46% can operate normally after the resumption of work, most enterprises need 1 to 2 weeks to resume normal operation.

After the resumption of work, the steel enterprises are still facing difficulties such as the on-duty rate of logistics orders

What difficulties does the enterprise face after resuming work? According to the survey sample, at present, 66% of all enterprises are facing the greatest difficulties in the following four aspects: first, poor warehousing and logistics, accounting for 23% of the total survey, and this problem is more prominent in the enterprises operating, accounting for 23%; Second, the employees could not fully arrive at their posts, accounting for 19%; Third, the means of production cannot be fully supplied on time, accounting for 13%; Fourth, demand and orders declined, accounting for 11%. As the flow of people and orders are related to logistics, it can be seen that the lack of liquidity of materials and personnel is the biggest problem facing us at present. In addition, after the resumption of work, the proportion of the epidemic prevention and control measures has reached about 9%, and the normal production of research enterprises may also be affected to some extent.

From the current order situation of enterprises, among the 621 enterprises surveyed, the order quantity of 534 enterprises is in decline, accounting for 85.74%. Among them, the order quantity of enterprises with a decline of more than 20% accounts for 35%, the order quantity of enterprises with a decline of 10-20% accounts for 15%, and the order quantity of enterprises with a decline of 0-10% accounts for 21%. Through the analysis, it was found that the decline proportion of order quantity was close to the total sample in the statistical data of the working enterprises and the unworking enterprises, indicating that whether the enterprise resumed work or not, the current order impact proportion was similar.

From the perspective of the employment plan in the first quarter, the employment plan in the first quarter of the enterprises surveyed in this study performed well on the whole. More than 83% of the enterprises employed in the first quarter were stable or expanded, and nearly 10% of the enterprises laid off employees. By type, the employment situation of production, trade and terminal manufacturing is the best, and warehousing and logistics enterprises may face more pressure. 13% of surveyed warehousing and logistics enterprises will lay off employees in the first quarter.

More than 40 percent of companies are optimistic about their expectations for this year

As for the business performance of enterprises in 2020, 31% of enterprises are optimistic about the annual forecast, 11% are stable about the annual forecast, and 58% of research enterprises are not optimistic about the annual forecast. In terms of types, financial enterprises have the best expected operating targets for the whole year, while trade circulation and storage enterprises have the worst expected operating conditions for the whole year, accounting for 63% and 56% respectively. Through the analysis, it is also found that although the rate of resumption of work in the terminal manufacturing industry is low at present, more than 52% of the terminal manufacturing enterprises believe that the annual operating conditions are expected to be the same or prefer.

According to the steel logistics committee of China federation of materials and materials, the impact of the epidemic on the supply and demand side of the steel industry was mainly concentrated in the first quarter. With the alleviation of the epidemic and the intensification of national counter-cyclical adjustment policies, the supply and demand fundamentals of the steel industry will improve in the second quarter. With the implementation of a series of loose policies in the second half of the year, the economy is expected to recover rapidly, the supply and demand fundamentals of the steel industry will further improve, and the steel circulation industry is still expected to achieve rapid development throughout the year. Steel circulation enterprises should rationally look at the short-term product supply and demand and price fluctuations, reasonably adjust the production pace, and strengthen the confidence in the high-quality development of the industry.

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