World crude steel production

21 January 2011
Summary Table
million metric tons

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

%2010/2009

Europe
of which:
EU (27)
EU (15)
CIS

339.8

333.8

355.1

364.5

342.2

265.5

314.9

18.6

202.5
169.1
113.4

195.6
165.1
113.2

207.0
173.2
119.9

209.7
175.2
124.2

198.0
167.6
114.3

138.8
117.3
97.6

172.9
147.2
108.5

24.6
25.5
11.2

North America
of which:
United States

134.0

127.6

131.8

132.6

124.5

82.4

111.8

35.7

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

512.5

595.5

672.3

756.9

771.0

804.9

897.9

11.6

282.9
112.7

353.2
112.5

419.1
116.2

489.3
120.2

500.3
118.7

573.6
87.5

626.7
109.6

9.3
25.2

8.3

8.6

8.7

8.8

8.4

6.0

8.1

35.5

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

15.0

Asia
of which:
China
Japan
Australia/New Zealand
World

The Largest Steel Producing Countries

21 January 2011
million metric tons
(preliminary data)
Rank
1 China
2 Japan
3 United States
4 Russia
5 India
6 South Korea
7 Germany
8 Ukraine
9 Brazil
10 Turkey
11 Italy
12 Taiwan, China
13 Mexico
14 Spain
15 France
16 Canada
17 Iran
18 United Kingdom
19 South Africa
20 Belgium
21 Poland
22 Australia
23 Austria
24 Egypt
25 Netherlands
26 Czech Republic
27 Argentina
28 Saudi Arabia
29 Sweden
30 Slovakia
31 Kazakhstan
32 Malaysia (e)
33 Finland
34 Romania
35 Thailand (e)
36 Indonesia (e)
37 Viet Nam
38 Luxembourg
39 Byelorussia
40 Venezuela
Others
World

2010 P
2009 2008
626.7
573.6 500.3
109.6
87.5 118.7
80.6
58.2
91.4
67.0
60.0
68.5
66.8
62.8
57.8
58.5
48.6
53.6
43.8
32.7
45.8
33.6
29.9
37.3
32.8
26.5
33.7
29.0
25.3
26.8
25.8
19.8
30.6
19.6
15.9
19.9
17.0
14.0
17.2
16.3
14.4
18.6
15.4
12.8
17.9
13.0
9.3
14.8
12.0
10.9
10.0
9.7
10.1
13.5
8.5
7.5
8.3
8.1
5.6
10.7
8.0
7.1
9.7
7.3
5.2
7.6
7.2
5.7
7.6
6.7
5.5
6.2
6.7
5.2
6.9
5.2
4.6
6.4
5.1
4.0
5.5
5.0
4.7
4.7
4.8
2.8
5.2
4.6
3.7
4.5
4.3
4.1
4.3
4.1
4.0
6.4
4.0
3.1
4.4
3.9
2.8
5.0
3.7
3.6
5.2
3.6
3.5
3.9
2.7
2.7
2.3
2.6
2.1
2.6
2.5
2.4
2.6
2.2
3.8
4.2
25.6
23.3
26.6
1 413.6
1 229.4 1 327.2

2007
489.3
120.2
98.1
72.4
53.5
51.5
48.6
42.8
33.8
25.8
31.6
20.9
17.6
19.0
19.2
15.6
10.1
14.3
9.1
10.7
10.6
7.9
7.6
6.2
7.4
7.1
5.4
4.6
5.7
5.1
4.8
6.9
4.4
6.3
5.6
4.2
2.0
2.9
2.4
5.0
30.3
1 346.1

2006
419.1
116.2
98.6
70.8
49.5
48.5
47.2
40.9
30.9
23.3
31.6
20.0
16.4
18.4
19.9
15.5
9.8
13.9
9.7
11.6
10.0
7.9
7.1
6.0
6.4
6.9
5.5
4.0
5.5
5.1
4.3
5.8
5.1
6.3
4.9
3.8
1.9
2.8
2.3
4.9
29.0
1 247.2

2005
353.2
112.5
94.9
66.1
45.8
47.8
44.5
38.6
31.6
21.0
29.3
18.9
16.2
17.8
19.5
15.3
9.4
13.2
9.5
10.4
8.3
7.8
7.0
5.6
6.9
6.2
5.4
4.2
5.7
4.5
4.5
5.3
4.7
6.3
5.2
3.7
0.9
2.2
2.0
4.9
27.1
1 144.1

%2010/2009
9.3
25.2
38.5
11.7
6.4
20.3
34.1
12.4
23.8
14.6
29.7
23.7
22.1
13.6
20.1
39.9
10.0
-3.7
13.3
43.5
12.3
39.0
27.3
20.5
28.1
12.8
28.0
6.9
72.8
22.5
4.1
2.4
31.2
41.1
0.1
2.8
0.0
19.7
5.5
-41.2
15.0

Crude Steel Production - December, 2010

Monthly crude steel production in the 66 countries included in the report, in thousands of metric tons.
12 months
December
November
December % change
2010
2010
2009 Dec-10/09
2010
2009
Austria
596
640
483
23.4
7 206
5 662
Belgium
675 e
696
520
29.9
8 088
5 635
Bulgaria
62
59
57
8.8
740
726
Czech Republic
448
368 r
425
5.4
5 180
4 594
Finland
336
318
323
4.1
4 023
3 066
France
1 126
1 290
1 102
2.2
15 416
12 840
3 162
3 840
3 024
4.6
43 815
32 670
Germany
1 839
2 000
16.5
Greece
120 e
169
103
141
139 r
130
8.2
1 678
1 396
Hungary
Italy
1 943
2 302
1 477
31.6
25 751
19 848
Luxembourg
150 e
214
141
6.2
2 563
2 141
Netherlands
617
531
508
21.4
6 651
5 194
8 008
7 128
5.3
Poland
580 e
621
551
Romania
300 e
350 e
231
30.0
3 896
2 761
4 588
3 747
24.4
Slovakia
391
338
314
Slovenia
45
55
34
34.1
606
430
Spain
1 044
1 337 r
1 039
0.5
16 311
14 362
Sweden
390
425
357
9.3
4 844
2 804
United Kingdom
661
797 r
974
-32.1
9 709
10 079
Other E.U. (27) (e)
165 e
165 e
159 e
3.2
1 994
1 751
European Union (27)
12 953
14 653
11 952
8.4
172 906
138 834
Bosnia-Herzegovina
47
46 r
39
19.9
593
519
Croatia
10 e
10
5
92.1
94
43
Macedonia
27
27
21
26.7
291
270
Norway
50 e
45
58
-13.8
514
591
Serbia
73
79
135
-46.0
1 254
1 061
Switzerland
120 e
120 e
52
129.9
1 330
934
Turkey
2 764
2 498 r
2 185
26.5
29 002
25 304
Other Europe
3 090
2 825
2 495
23.9
33 079
28 722
Byelorussia
225 e
216
172
30.8
2 549
2 427
Kazakhstan
390 e
409
397
-1.8
4 315
4 146
240
380
-100.0
Moldova
0e
0
14
Russia
5 915 e
5 724
5 506
7.4
67 021
60 011
Ukraine
3 050 e
2 926
2 749
10.9
33 559
29 855
Uzbekistan
60 e
58
50
20.0
741
716
C.I.S. (6)
9 640
9 332
8 888
8.5
108 425
97 535
Canada
1 100 e
1 000
943
16.6
12 990
9 286
Cuba
25 e
24
24
4.2
278
267
El Salvador
4e
4
6
-37.5
51
56
Guatemala
25 e
25
22
14.2
272
224
Mexico
1 570 e
1 522
1 287
21.9
17 041
13 957
43
43
41
5.5
572
417
Trinidad and Tobago
6 748
6 418 r
5 862
15.1
80 594
58 196
United States
North America
9 515
9 035
8 186
16.2
111 798
82 403
Argentina
412
449
392
5.1
5 138
4 013
Brazil
2 407
2 600
2 580
-6.7
32 820
26 507
Chile
120 e
116
148
-18.7
992
1 308
Colombia
105 e
104
62
70.7
1 209
1 053
Ecuador
35 e
36
16
124.4
368
259
Paraguay
5e
5
4
22.0
63
54
Peru
75 e
74
57
31.8
879
718
Uruguay
7e
7
6
18.6
66
57
Venezuela
265 e
255
316
-16.2
2 240
3 807
South America
3 431
3 645
3 579
-4.1
43 775
37 775
Algeria
65 e
65 e
27
141.6
715
387
Egypt
666
604 r
527
26.2
6 676
5 541
Libya
75 e
75 e
60
25.0
825
914
Morocco
20 e
19
47
-57.2
455
479
8 480
7 484
4.3
South Africa
730 e
705 e
700
Zimbabwe
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
Africa
1 556
1 468
1 361
14.3
17 151
14 806
Iran
1 100 e
1 066
802
37.2
11 995
10 908
Qatar
175 e
167
155
13.2
1 970
1 448
Saudi Arabia
383
388
412
-7.2
5 015
4 690
Middle East
1 658
1 621
1 369
21.1
18 980
17 046
China
51 524
50 173
48 492
6.3
626 654
573 567
India
5 610 e
5 429
5 711
-1.8
66 848
62 838
Japan
9 173
8 987
8 951
2.5
109 600
87 534
South Korea
5 591
5 146 r
4 498
24.3
58 453
48 572
Taiwan, China
1 730 e
1 676
1 659
4.2
19 641
15 814
Asia
73 628
71 412
69 311
6.2
881 197
788 326
Australia
610
575
579
5.3
7 296
5 249
New Zealand
76
71
72
5.3
853
765
Oceania
686
646
651
5.3
8 149
6 014
Total 66 countries
116 157
114 637
107 792
7.8
1395 459
1211 461
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

% change
27.3
43.5
2.0
12.8
31.2
20.1
34.1
-8.1
20.2
29.7
19.7
28.1
12.3
41.1
22.4
41.0
13.6
72.8
-3.7
13.9
24.5
14.2
119.2
7.7
-13.0
18.2
42.5
14.6
15.2
5.0
4.1
-36.8
11.7
12.4
3.5
11.2
39.9
4.2
-8.6
21.3
22.1
37.1
38.5
35.7
28.0
23.8
-24.2
14.9
41.9
16.5
22.5
16.8
-41.2
15.9
84.8
20.5
-9.7
-5.1
13.3
0.0
15.8
10.0
36.0
6.9
11.3
9.3
6.4
25.2
20.3
24.2
11.8
39.0
11.5
35.5
15.2