Global crude steel production in April this year decreased by 1.9 percent year on year to 153.4 million mt, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel).
In the January-April period this year, global crude steel production decreased by two percent year on year to 613.3 million mt.
In April, crude steel output in Asia and Oceania amounted to 114.2 million mt, down 1.3 percent, with China’s output at 83.6 million mt, down 2.8 percent, with 6.6 million mt produced by Japan, increasing by 0.3 percent, 13.8 million mt produced by India, rising by 3.9 percent, and 5.2 million mt produced by South Korea, moving up by 4.8 percent - with all comparisons on year-on-year basis.
EU-27 countries produced 11.0 million mt of crude steel in April, down by 1.8 percent year on year. In the given month, Turkey’s output amounted to 3.3 million mt, up 9.4 percent year on year. Germany produced 3.2 million mt of crude steel in April with a 9.5 percent increase compared to the same month in the previous year.
The CIS registered a crude steel output of 6.0 million mt, falling by 13.4 percent on year-on-year basis, with Russia’s estimated output at 5.0 million mt, down 12.4 percent year on year.
In North America, in April, crude steel output totaled 9.4 million mt, up by 6.9 percent year on year, with the US producing 7.2 million mt, rising by 9.4 percent, both year on year. Crude steel output in South America in April amounted to 3.4 million mt, increasing by 3.1 percent compared to the same month in the previous year, with Brazil’s output totaling 2.7 million mt, increasing by 2.8 percent year on year.
In the given month, Africa produced 2.1 million mt of crude steel, up by 11.5 percent year on year. In the Middle East, crude steel output totaled 3.7 million mt, moving down by 27.6 percent
Shares in global crude steel production - April 2026
