Data released by the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) show that global crude steel production rose 8.6 percent year on year to 99 million metric tons in February 2007. China is again the largest steel-producing country with crude steel production of 36.1 million metric tons in February, an increase of 20.1 percent from a year earlier. Total production in the Asia region amounted to 54.1 million metric tons, up 13.6 percent a year ago. Germany produced 3.8 million metric tons of crude steel in February 2007, an increase of 3.1 percent year on year. France produced 1.7 million metric tons, a rise of 0.2 percent compared to the same month in 2006. Production in the UK was 1.2 million metric tons, 9.3 percent higher than February 2006. Brazil produced 2.5 million metric tons of crude steel in February, an increase of 17.6 percent compared to February 2006. Turkey's crude steel production rose 14.6 percent year on year to 1.9 million metric tons in February. Total production in the other Europe region was 2.3 million metric tons, an increase of 14.8 percent year on year.
Global crude steel production (in thousands of metric tons) February January February %change 2 months 2007 2007 2006 Feb-07/06 2007 2006 %change Other Europe 2.289 2.432 1.994 14.8 4.721 4.129 14.3 EU (15) 13.888 15.242 13.591 2.2 29.129 27.333 6.6 EU (27) 16.597 18.164 16.130 2.9 34.762 32.583 6.7 C.I.S 9.640 10.671 8.646 11.5 20.311 18.257 11.3 N.America 9.451 10.119 10.339 -8.6 19.570 21.270 -8.0 S.America 3.608 3.800 3.267 10.4 7.408 7.000 5.8 Africa 1.461 1.625 1.323 10.4 3.086 2.832 9.0 MiddleEast 1.186 1.311 1.166 1.7 2.497 2.436 2.5 Asia 54.133 58.162 47.672 13.6 112.295 96.522 16.3 Oceania 648 722 647 0.2 1.370 1.401 -2.2 Total 99.013 107.007 91.183 8.6 206.020 186.430 10.5 66 countries