Global crude steel production for March 2007

Monday, 23 April 2007 10:27:31 (GMT+3)   |  
       

Data released by the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) show that global crude steel production for March 2007 rose 8.6 percent year on year to 110.9 million metric tons. 

China is again the largest steel-producing country with crude steel production of 40.2 million metric tons in March, an increase of 20.4 percent from a year earlier. Total production in the Asian region amounted to 60.7 million metric tons, up 15.4 percent on a year ago. 

Germany produced 4.2 million metric tons of crude steel in March 2007, an increase of 1.4 percent year on year. France produced 1.9 million metric tons, a rise of four percent compared to the same month in 2006. Production in the UK was 1.2 million metric tons, two percent lower than March 2006.

Brazil produced 2.8 million metric tons of crude steel in March, an increase of 12.4 percent compared to March 2006.

Turkey's crude steel production in March rose 12.4 percent year on year to 2.2 million metric tons. Total production in the Other Europe region was 2.6 million metric tons, an increase of 8.3 percent year on year.

Global crude steel production (in thousands of metric tons)

 

 

 March
  2007

February
  2007

 March
  2006

%change
Mar-07/06

      3-months
  2007      2006

%change

Other Europe

2.618

2.301

2.418

8.3

7.360

6.547

12.4

EU (15)

15.747

14.164

15.553

1.2

45.154

42.886

5.3

EU (27)

18.760

16.895

18.485

1.5

53.746

51.068

5.2

C.I.S

10.681

9.735

9.839

8.6

30.998

28.261

9.7

N. America

10.412

9.983

11.744

-11.3

30.515

33.026

-7.6

S. America

4.078

3.659

3.741

9.0

11.531

10.741

7.4

Africa

1.593

1.460

1.420

12.2

4.676

4.252

10.0

Middle East

1.310

1.178

1.224

7.0

3.793

3.660

3.6

Asia

60.724

54.361

52.615

15.4

173.572

149.221

16.3

Oceania

745

659

696

7.0

2.126

2.097

1.3

Total 67 countries

110.920

100.231

102.183

8.6

318.317

288.873

10.2

 


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