World crude steel production

21 January 2011

Summary Table

million metric tons 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 %2010/2009

Europe 339.8 333.8 355.1 364.5 342.2 265.5 314.9 18.6

of which:
EU (27) 202.5 195.6 207.0 209.7 198.0 138.8 172.9 24.6
EU (15) 169.1 165.1 173.2 175.2 167.6 117.3 147.2 25.5
CIS 113.4 113.2 119.9 124.2 114.3 97.6 108.5 11.2

North America 134.0 127.6 131.8 132.6 124.5 82.4 111.8 35.7
of which:
United States 99.7 94.9 98.6 98.1 91.4 58.2 80.6 38.5

South America 45.9 45.3 45.3 48.2 47.4 37.8 43.8 15.9

Africa 16.7 17.9 18.7 18.7 17.0 15.2 17.5 15.4

Middle East 14.3 15.3 15.4 16.5 16.6 17.7 19.6 11.0

Asia 512.5 595.5 672.3 756.9 771.0 804.9 897.9 11.6

of which:
China 282.9 353.2 419.1 489.3 500.3 573.6 626.7 9.3
Japan 112.7 112.5 116.2 120.2 118.7 87.5 109.6 25.2

Australia/New Zealand 8.3 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.4 6.0 8.1 35.5

World 1 071.5 1 144.1 1 247.2 1 346.1 1 327.2 1 229.4 1 413.6 15.0

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The Largest Steel Producing Countries
21 January 2011

million metric tons

(preliminary data)
Rank 2010 P 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 %2010/2009
1 China 626.7 573.6 500.3 489.3 419.1 353.2 9.3
2 Japan 109.6 87.5 118.7 120.2 116.2 112.5 25.2
3 United States 80.6 58.2 91.4 98.1 98.6 94.9 38.5
4 Russia 67.0 60.0 68.5 72.4 70.8 66.1 11.7
5 India 66.8 62.8 57.8 53.5 49.5 45.8 6.4
6 South Korea 58.5 48.6 53.6 51.5 48.5 47.8 20.3
7 Germany 43.8 32.7 45.8 48.6 47.2 44.5 34.1
8 Ukraine 33.6 29.9 37.3 42.8 40.9 38.6 12.4
9 Brazil 32.8 26.5 33.7 33.8 30.9 31.6 23.8
10 Turkey 29.0 25.3 26.8 25.8 23.3 21.0 14.6
11 Italy 25.8 19.8 30.6 31.6 31.6 29.3 29.7
12 Taiwan, China 19.6 15.9 19.9 20.9 20.0 18.9 23.7
13 Mexico 17.0 14.0 17.2 17.6 16.4 16.2 22.1
14 Spain 16.3 14.4 18.6 19.0 18.4 17.8 13.6
15 France 15.4 12.8 17.9 19.2 19.9 19.5 20.1
16 Canada 13.0 9.3 14.8 15.6 15.5 15.3 39.9
17 Iran 12.0 10.9 10.0 10.1 9.8 9.4 10.0
18 United Kingdom 9.7 10.1 13.5 14.3 13.9 13.2 -3.7
19 South Africa 8.5 7.5 8.3 9.1 9.7 9.5 13.3
20 Belgium 8.1 5.6 10.7 10.7 11.6 10.4 43.5
21 Poland 8.0 7.1 9.7 10.6 10.0 8.3 12.3
22 Australia 7.3 5.2 7.6 7.9 7.9 7.8 39.0
23 Austria 7.2 5.7 7.6 7.6 7.1 7.0 27.3
24 Egypt 6.7 5.5 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.6 20.5
25 Netherlands 6.7 5.2 6.9 7.4 6.4 6.9 28.1
26 Czech Republic 5.2 4.6 6.4 7.1 6.9 6.2 12.8
27 Argentina 5.1 4.0 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.4 28.0
28 Saudi Arabia 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.0 4.2 6.9
29 Sweden 4.8 2.8 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.7 72.8
30 Slovakia 4.6 3.7 4.5 5.1 5.1 4.5 22.5
31 Kazakhstan 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.1
32 Malaysia (e) 4.1 4.0 6.4 6.9 5.8 5.3 2.4
33 Finland 4.0 3.1 4.4 4.4 5.1 4.7 31.2
34 Romania 3.9 2.8 5.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 41.1
35 Thailand (e) 3.7 3.6 5.2 5.6 4.9 5.2 0.1
36 Indonesia (e) 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.2 3.8 3.7 2.8
37 Viet Nam 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.9 0.9 0.0
38 Luxembourg 2.6 2.1 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.2 19.7
39 Byelorussia 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.0 5.5
40 Venezuela 2.2 3.8 4.2 5.0 4.9 4.9 -41.2
Others 25.6 23.3 26.6 30.3 29.0 27.1
World 1 413.6 1 229.4 1 327.2 1 346.1 1 247.2 1 144.1 15.0

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Crude Steel Production - December, 2010
Monthly crude steel production in the 66 countries included in the report, in thousands of metric tons.

December November December % change 12 months

2010 2010 2009 Dec-10/09 2010 2009 % change
Austria 596 640 483 23.4 7 206 5 662 27.3
Belgium 675 e 696 520 29.9 8 088 5 635 43.5
Bulgaria 62 59 57 8.8 740 726 2.0
Czech Republic 448 368 r 425 5.4 5 180 4 594 12.8
Finland 336 318 323 4.1 4 023 3 066 31.2
France 1 126 1 290 1 102 2.2 15 416 12 840 20.1
Germany 3 162 3 840 3 024 4.6 43 815 32 670 34.1
Greece 120 e 169 103 16.5 1 839 2 000 -8.1
Hungary 141 139 r 130 8.2 1 678 1 396 20.2
Italy 1 943 2 302 1 477 31.6 25 751 19 848 29.7
Luxembourg 150 e 214 141 6.2 2 563 2 141 19.7
Netherlands 617 531 508 21.4 6 651 5 194 28.1
Poland 580 e 621 551 5.3 8 008 7 128 12.3
Romania 300 e 350 e 231 30.0 3 896 2 761 41.1
Slovakia 391 338 314 24.4 4 588 3 747 22.4
Slovenia 45 55 34 34.1 606 430 41.0
Spain 1 044 1 337 r 1 039 0.5 16 311 14 362 13.6
Sweden 390 425 357 9.3 4 844 2 804 72.8
United Kingdom 661 797 r 974 -32.1 9 709 10 079 -3.7
Other E.U. (27) (e) 165 e 165 e 159 e 3.2 1 994 1 751 13.9
European Union (27) 12 953 14 653 11 952 8.4 172 906 138 834 24.5
Bosnia-Herzegovina 47 46 r 39 19.9 593 519 14.2
Croatia 10 e 10 5 92.1 94 43 119.2
Macedonia 27 27 21 26.7 291 270 7.7
Norway 50 e 45 58 -13.8 514 591 -13.0
Serbia 73 79 135 -46.0 1 254 1 061 18.2
Switzerland 120 e 120 e 52 129.9 1 330 934 42.5
Turkey 2 764 2 498 r 2 185 26.5 29 002 25 304 14.6
Other Europe 3 090 2 825 2 495 23.9 33 079 28 722 15.2
Byelorussia 225 e 216 172 30.8 2 549 2 427 5.0
Kazakhstan 390 e 409 397 -1.8 4 315 4 146 4.1
Moldova 0e 0 14 -100.0 240 380 -36.8
Russia 5 915 e 5 724 5 506 7.4 67 021 60 011 11.7
Ukraine 3 050 e 2 926 2 749 10.9 33 559 29 855 12.4
Uzbekistan 60 e 58 50 20.0 741 716 3.5
C.I.S. (6) 9 640 9 332 8 888 8.5 108 425 97 535 11.2
Canada 1 100 e 1 000 943 16.6 12 990 9 286 39.9
Cuba 25 e 24 24 4.2 278 267 4.2
El Salvador 4e 4 6 -37.5 51 56 -8.6
Guatemala 25 e 25 22 14.2 272 224 21.3
Mexico 1 570 e 1 522 1 287 21.9 17 041 13 957 22.1
Trinidad and Tobago 43 43 41 5.5 572 417 37.1
United States 6 748 6 418 r 5 862 15.1 80 594 58 196 38.5
North America 9 515 9 035 8 186 16.2 111 798 82 403 35.7
Argentina 412 449 392 5.1 5 138 4 013 28.0
Brazil 2 407 2 600 2 580 -6.7 32 820 26 507 23.8
Chile 120 e 116 148 -18.7 992 1 308 -24.2
Colombia 105 e 104 62 70.7 1 209 1 053 14.9
Ecuador 35 e 36 16 124.4 368 259 41.9
Paraguay 5e 5 4 22.0 63 54 16.5
Peru 75 e 74 57 31.8 879 718 22.5
Uruguay 7e 7 6 18.6 66 57 16.8
Venezuela 265 e 255 316 -16.2 2 240 3 807 -41.2
South America 3 431 3 645 3 579 -4.1 43 775 37 775 15.9
Algeria 65 e 65 e 27 141.6 715 387 84.8
Egypt 666 604 r 527 26.2 6 676 5 541 20.5
Libya 75 e 75 e 60 25.0 825 914 -9.7
Morocco 20 e 19 47 -57.2 455 479 -5.1
South Africa 730 e 705 e 700 4.3 8 480 7 484 13.3
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Africa 1 556 1 468 1 361 14.3 17 151 14 806 15.8
Iran 1 100 e 1 066 802 37.2 11 995 10 908 10.0
Qatar 175 e 167 155 13.2 1 970 1 448 36.0
Saudi Arabia 383 388 412 -7.2 5 015 4 690 6.9
Middle East 1 658 1 621 1 369 21.1 18 980 17 046 11.3
China 51 524 50 173 48 492 6.3 626 654 573 567 9.3
India 5 610 e 5 429 5 711 -1.8 66 848 62 838 6.4
Japan 9 173 8 987 8 951 2.5 109 600 87 534 25.2
South Korea 5 591 5 146 r 4 498 24.3 58 453 48 572 20.3
Taiwan, China 1 730 e 1 676 1 659 4.2 19 641 15 814 24.2
Asia 73 628 71 412 69 311 6.2 881 197 788 326 11.8
Australia 610 575 579 5.3 7 296 5 249 39.0
New Zealand 76 71 72 5.3 853 765 11.5
Oceania 686 646 651 5.3 8 149 6 014 35.5
Total 66 countries 116 157 114 637 107 792 7.8 1395 459 1211 461 15.2
The 66 countries included in this table accounted for more than 98% of total world crude steel production in 2009
e - estimated * - not included in totals to avoid double-counting
r - revised