Global crude steel output data for April 2004
Based on the data released by International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), global crude steel output reached 83.4 million mts in April, indicating a 6.5% rise when compared with the 78.3 million mts recorded in the same period of last year. In Jan-Apr 2004 period,
production amounted to 331.5 million mts, up by 8.4% compared to corresponding period of previous year.
China produced 20.9 million mts of crude steel in April. This figure indicates a 20.6% rise compared to April 2003. Year-to-date
production was also up by 24.5% to 81.8 million mts. Total crude steel
production in Asia reached 39.4 million mts in April, up by 11.3% compared to the same period of last year.
Iran showed a significant growth in April with
production of 730'000 mts of crude steel. This figure was 12.8% higher than the 663'000 mts registered in April 2003. Year-to-date
production was recorded as 2.7 million mts with an increase of 8.2%.
Brazilian crude steel output surged by 5.7% to 2.7 million mts in April. In Jan-Apr 2004 period, crude steel output totaled 10.7 million mts, up by 6% compared to previous year.
April March April %change 4 months
2004 2004 2003 Apr-04/03 2004 2003 %change
Other
Europe 2.344 2.453 2.055 14.1 9.246 8.210 12.6
EU (15) 14.089 14.634 13.884 1.5 55.814 54.772 1.9
EU (25) 16.165 16.808 15.796 2.3 64.108 62.221 3.0
C.I.S 9.315 9.623 8.862 5.1 36.990 34.004 8.8
N.America 10.551 11.210 10.677 -1.2 42.458 42.095 0.9
S.America 3.697 3.807 3.576 3.4 14.746 13.826 6.7
Africa 1.378 1.277 1.368 0.7 5.292 5.394 -1.9
MiddleEast 1.137 1.088 1.067 6.6 4.407 4.193 5.1
Asia 38.033 39.498 34.185 11.3 151.297 133.177 13.6
Ocenia 744 753 712 4.5 2.916 2.749 6.1
Total 62 83.365 86.516 78.298 6.5 331.460 305.870 8.4
countries