Global stainless steel output down 2.9 percent in Q3 from Q2 level

Tuesday, 20 December 2016 16:37:31 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In the third quarter of this year, world stainless crude steel output decreased by 2.9 percent quarter on quarter to 11.48 million mt, increasing by 12.7 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year, according to the preliminary report released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). 
 
According to the ISSF data, in the third quarter of this year stainless crude steel production increased by 17.6 percent in China and moved up by 5.8 percent in the Asia region excluding China, while increasing by 17.6 percent in the Americas region, decreasing by 3.1 percent in the Central and Eastern Europe region and rising by 5.3 percent in the Western Europe and Africa region, all compared with the third quarter of 2015.
 
Stainless crude steel production (x 1,000 metric tons):
 

Region

 

Q-o-q change

 

Y-o-y change

(%)

2016-Q3

2016-Q2

(%)

2016-Q3

2015-Q3

Western Europe/Africa

1,761

2,047

-14

1,761

1,673r

5.3

Central/Eastern Europe

63

61

3.3

63

65

-3.1

The Americas

815

722

12.9

815

693

17.6

Asia (excluding China)

2,531

2,447

3.4

2,531

2,392r

5.8

China

6,319

6,551

-3.5

6,319

5,371

17.6

TOTAL

11,488

11,827r

-2.9

11,488

10,195r

12.7

 

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