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December 02, 2008


Global crude steel production details for May 2008

World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute was 119.510 million tonnes in May 2008 up by 6.7% YoY as compared to May 2007.

The growth in crude steel production during March 2008 among regions was again led by Asia as usual.

RegionMay'07May'08ChangeJ-M'07J-M'08Change
Total112,037119,5106.7%5413615757316.3%
Asia61,48567,60610.0%2945203212929.1%
EU (27)18,43818,397-0.2%9046690071-0.4%
North America11,38011,7403.2%54675578505.8%
CIS (6)10,44810,8503.8%51910535493.2%
South America4,0794,1982.9%19497206115.7%
Africa1,5791,555-1.5%767076810.1%
Middle East1,1911,46322.8%634369599.7%
Oceania769727-5.5%361138386.3%

In ‘000 tonnes
Source – IISI

Top 20 nations
RankCountryMay'07May'08ChangeJ-M'07J-M'08Change
1China41,30446,01311.4%1960332150059.7%
2Japan10,17210,5473.7%49438515264.2%
3US8,5218,5600.5%40239424015.4%
4Russia6,0506,3104.3%30470316203.8%
5India3,8234,32913.2%191622286619.3%
6South Korea4,4384,7176.3%21280224405.5%
7Germany4,0454,1492.6%2044920226-1.1%
8Ukraine3,6413,8104.6%17859184943.6%
9Brazil2,8922,9722.8%13595145136.8%
10Italy2,7622,9908.3%13837143803.9%
11Turkey2,2212,52313.6%105691168610.6%
12Taiwan1,7482,00014.4%860794559.9%
13France1,8291,715-6.2%89208244-7.6%
14Spain1,8371,705-7.2%79767955-0.3%
15Mexico1,4291,66516.5%7145786310.0%
16Canada1,3151,3956.1%644170719.8%
17UK1,2751,014-20.5%61115838-4.5%
18Belgium8401,05025.0%468950357.4%
19Poland957920-3.9%45784464-2.5%
20Iran71690025.7%410542513.6%

In ‘000 tonnes
Source – IISI

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