Germany's steel production in September

Germany’s steel production in September

The Federal Statistics Office released the preliminary data of German crude steel and pig iron output in September. According to the data, crude steel production in Germany during the month of September amounted to 3.61 million tons, down by 4.7% compared to the same period last year. With this September production, year-to-date production reached to 33.5 million tons, down by 0.9% against corresponding period last year. Germany produced 2.3 million tons of pig iron in September 2003 with a decrease of 5.4% compared to September 2002 and first nine months' production reached 21.99 million tons, up by 0.1%.