In June this year, Germany's crude steel output decreased by 5.2 percent month on month to 3.6 million metric tons, falling by 1.7 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the information provided by the German steel federation Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (WV Stahl). In the first half of this year, crude steel production in Germany increased by 1.7 percent year on year to 22.2 million mt.
Meanwhile, in May Germany's total hot rolled steel product output amounted to 3.4 million metric tons, increasing by 6.8 percent year on year, including 2.21 million metric tons of flat steel products - up 6.4 percent year on year, and 1.19 million metric tons of long steel products - increasing by 7.6 percent year on year.
In the January-May period of this year, the country's hot rolled steel output rose 4.3 percent to 16.1 million mt, consisting of 10.5 million metric tons of flat steel products - up 4.5 percent year on year, and 5.5 million metric tons of long steel products - rising by four percent year on year.