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Steel production by country



This article summarizes the world steel production by country. For the company-oriented account, see List of steel producers.

Contents

Overview

In 2005, total world crude steel production was 1131.8 million metric tons (mmt)[1].

Countries

This is a list of countries by steel production in 2006 mostly based on International Iron and Steel Institute accessed in September 2007.[2]

Rank by
sovereign state
Country/Region Steel production (million tonnes)
World 1,244.2
1 China 422.7
2 Japan 116.2
3 United States 98.6
4 Russia 70.8
5 India 50.0 [1]
6 South Korea 48.5
7 Germany 47.2
8 Ukraine 40.9
9 Italy 31.6
10 Brazil 30.9
11 Turkey 23.3
12 Taiwan 20.2
13 France 19.9
14 Spain 18.4
15 Mexico 16.3
16 Canada 15.4
17 United Kingdom 13.9
18 Belgium 11.6
19 Poland 10.0
20 Iran 9.8
21 South Africa 9,7
22 Australia 7.9
23 Austria 7.1
24 Czech Republic 6.9
25 Netherlands 6.4
26 Romania 6.3
27 Egypt 6.0
28 Argentina 5.5
29 Sweden 5.5
30 Malaysia 5.5
31 Thailand 5.4
32 Slovakia 5.1
33 Finland 5.1
34 Venezuela 4.9
35 Kazakhstan 4.2
36 Saudi Arabia 4
37 Indonesia 3.8
38 Luxembourg 2.8
39 Greece 2.4
40 Belarus 2.3
41 Bulgaria 2.1
42 Hungary 2.1
43 Others 23.3

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.worldsteel.org/pictures/storyfiles/Crude%20Steel%20Dec%2005.pdf
  2. ^ Complete list
 
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