October 07, 2008

Global crude steel production in September up by 6.2% YoY

International Iron and Steel Institute reported that the total crude steel production in September 2007 for the 67 countries is 110.1 million tonnes up by 6.2% YoY as compared to September 2006. The global crude steel production in January to September 2007 is million tonne up by 7.5% YoY.

The growth in crude steel production during September2007 among regions was again led by Asia as usual

Region	Sep'06	Sep'07	Change	J-S'06	J-S'07	Change
Total	103676	110111	6.2%	910800	980067	7.6%
Asia	55480	61536	10.9%	480210	540944	12.6%
EU(15)	14398	14753	2.5%	130100	132187	1.6%
North America	11235	10992	-2.2%	100779	97905	-2.9%
CIS (6)	9751	9945	2.0%	88718	92844	4.7%
South America	3966	4029	1.6%	33739	35656	5.7%
Africa	1601	1664	3.9%	13598	14056	3.4%
Middle East	1281	1334	4.1%	11164	11417	2.3%
Oceania	717	736	2.6%	6479	6556	1.2%

In ‘000 tonnes
Source IISI

Among the top 20 nations, China as usual stood first with million tonne production of crude steel registering tremendous growth of 13.6% YoY as compared to September 2006.

Rank	Region	Sep'06	Sep'07	Change	J-S'06	J-S'07	Change
1	China	36162	41530	14.8%	309333	362519	17.2%
2	Japan	9609	9933	3.4%	86062	89330	3.8%
3	United States	8421	8170	-3.0%	75994	73259	-3.6%
4	Russia	5693	5701	0.1%	52491	54294	3.4%
5	South Korea	4069	4088	0.5%	36048	38139	5.8%
6	Germany	4016	4057	1.0%	35213	36568	3.8%
7	India	4021	4300	6.9%	33819	35472	4.9%
8	Ukraine	3352	3511	4.7%	30267	31943	5.5%
9	Brazil	2757	2868	4.0%	22772	25005	9.8%
10	Italy	2726	2720	-0.2%	23354	23423	0.3%
11	Turkey	1967	2050	4.2%	17289	18952	9.6%
12	Taiwan, China	1620	1685	4.0%	14953	15482	3.5%
13	France	1588	1527	-3.8%	15107	15052	-0.4%
14	Spain	1674	1780	6.3%	13948	14344	2.8%
15	Mexico	1400	1360	-2.9%	12028	12633	5.0%
16	Canada	1311	1350	3.0%	11755	11026	-6.2%
17	United Kingdom	1081	1097	1.5%	10570	10851	2.7%
18	Poland	881	870	-1.2%	7523	8134	8.1%
19	Belgium	958	900	-6.1%	8679	7919	-8.8%
20	Iran	854	889	4.1%	7352	7356	0.1%

In ‘000 tonnes
Source IISI