According to the data released by
Belarus' Statistics and Analysis Ministry, in the first eleven months of 2008 the country registered an 8.3 percent increase in its crude steel
production, a 7.6 percent increase in its finished steel products output and an 1.3 percent rise in its steel
pipe output year on year. The respective figures in metric tons were 2.43 million, 2.27 million and 133,800.