1-5月，我国累计进口钢材574.52万吨，同比下降1.8%；进口钢坯24.2万吨，同比增长51.3%。1-5月，我国出口钢材2539.79万吨，同比增长15.2%；出口钢坯0.23万吨，同比增长242%。1-5月出口钢材、坯折合成粗钢2702.13万吨，进口钢材、坯折合成粗钢635.39万吨，两者相抵净出口粗钢2066.74万吨，净出口钢材1965.27万吨。

上半年，世界经济复苏缓慢，我国经济增速放缓，结构调整力度加大，钢材需求增长有所放缓，而国内粗钢产量大幅增长，市场供大于求的状况没有改变，造成钢材价格持续低位，由于铁矿石价格降幅小于钢材价格降幅，企业生产成本仍处高位，企业经营十分困难，经济效益甚微。

Heat treatment is a controlled process that is used to adjust the microstructure of materials such as metals and alloys. It alters the metallurgical properties of such materials to increase surface hardness, strength, temperature resistance, and ductility of the components present in them. Heat treatment assists companies across industries to develop high precision products with superior quality. Heat treatments are adopted by several industries such as Aerospace, Automotive, Engineering Machinery, Rail, and Power. The Global Heat Treating market is a steadily growing engineering market. Currently, the market is dominated by North America, and it is followed by the APAC region. Bodycote plc, Bluewater Thermal Solutions Corp., and Dowa Group are some of the prominent vendors in this market. The market is expected to witness an improvement in its growth rate and post a CAGR of 7.27 percent during the period 2012-2016.

对于二季度和下半年欧盟经济的走势，欧元区经济改善的积极迹象已经开始显现。在前两个月部门指标疲软之后，今年4月和5月相关指标已经开始回升。据欧盟委员会的调查，欧盟经济景气指数在4月和5月均有增长，表明年初的疲软态势可能只是暂时现象。6月份Markit公布欧元区制造业综合产出指数达到48.7点；是近15个月的最高水平，同时，Markit公布欧元区制造业采购经理入指数也达到16个月来的最高点。