Global crude steel output figures for July 2004
The data released by the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) shows that global crude steel
production reached 589.7 million mts in the first seven months of the year, up by 8.2% compared to the same period of last year. July crude steel
production was recorded as 85.6 million net tons with an increase of 9% from a year earlier.
China again showed strong growth with
production of 22 million mts of crude steel in July, a rise of 20.3% on July 2003. Country's cumulative
production hit 146.7 million mts, up by 21% from a year earlier. In July,
China's
production accounted for 25.7% of world
production.
Crude steel
production in the 25 member states of European Union increased by 9.8% to 16.1 million mts in July. Year-to-date
production recorded a 5.2% increase and reached 113.9 million mts.
In
Turkey, crude steel
production soared by 12.1% to 11.8 million mts in the first seven months of the year.
Turkey produced 1.8 million mts of crude steel in July.
July
production in
North America amounted to 10.8 million mts. This figure was 8.4% higher than the 9.99 million mts recorded in the same period of last year. The US produced 8 million mts of crude steel in July with a rise of 7.4% from a year ago.
July June July %change 7 months
2004 2004 2003 Jul-04/03 2004 2003 %change
Other
Europe 2.436 2.453 2.215 10.0 16.625 14.702 13.1
EU (15) 13.889 14.342 12.525 10.9 98.972 94.570 4.7
EU (25) 16.051 16.456 14.613 9.8 113.894 108.285 5.2
C.I.S 9.368 9.242 9.120 2.7 64.669 60.862 6.3
N.America 10.823 11.024 9.985 8.4 76.268 72.955 4.5
S.America 3.980 3.839 3.754 6.0 26.388 24.947 5.8
Africa 1.391 1.361 1.347 3.3 9.481 9.528 -0.5
MiddleEast 1.126 1.171 1.146 -1.8 7.829 7.551 3.7
Asia 39.751 38.429 35.668 11.4 269.655 241.234 11.8
Ocenia 627 652 673 -6.9 4.866 4.806 1.2
Total 62 85.553 84.627 78.522 9.0 589.675 544.869 8.2
countries