According to the data released by
Belarus' Statistics and Analysis Ministry, in the first five months of 2007 the country registered a 4.1 percent increase in its crude steel
production, a 6.6 percent increase in its finished steel products output and a 14 percent increase in its steel
pipe output year on year. The respective figures in metric tons were 1.015 million, 1.065 million and 58,500.