Steel industry / tables and graphs

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Countries with significant steel production (as of 2007)

Here are tables and graphs on the global development of the steel industry together.

overview

According to Worldsteel, a total of 1,691 million tons of steel were produced worldwide in 2017 . By far the most important producer country in 2017 was the People's Republic of China with 832 million tons. In 2011, a total of 1514.7 million tons were produced (2010: 1418.7 million tons). Compared to the previous year, the increase was 6.8%. By far the most important producer country in 2011 was the People's Republic of China with 683.3 million tons (2010: 626.7 million tons). The Chinese share in global production was 45.1%. The country increased its steel production by 9.0% compared to the previous year.

World production excluding China was 831.4 million tons in 2011 (2010: 792.0 million tons). It rose by 5.0% compared to the previous year.

Important manufacturing countries in 2018 were:

Steel production of large steel producers in million tons.
region 2000 2010 2016 2017 2018
GermanyGermany Germany 46.4 43.8 42.1 43.6 42.4
European UnionEuropean Union European Union 163.4 172.7 162.3 168.7 168.1
TurkeyTurkey Turkey 14.3 29.1 33.1 37.5 37.3
RussiaRussia Russia 59.1 66.9 70.1 71.3 71.7
United StatesUnited States United States 101.8 80.5 78.6 81.6 86.7
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 128.5 637.4 808.4 831.8 928.3
IndiaIndia India 26.9 68.3 95.6 101.4 106.5
JapanJapan Japan 106.4 109.6 104.8 104.7 104.3
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 43.1 58.9 68.6 71.1 72.5

So India has overtaken Japan and is the second largest steel producer.

Steel production in the (then) 27 states of the European Union was 177.4 million tons in 2011 (2010: 172.6 million tons). This corresponds to an increase of 2.8% compared to the previous year. German steel production in 2011 was 44.3 million tons (2010: 43.8 million tons). It rose by 1.1% compared to the previous year. Other important producers in Europe were the Ukraine, Italy, France and Spain.

The world's largest steel group in 2013 was ArcelorMittal with 96.1 million tons of annual production, followed by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation with 50.1 million tons and the Hebei Steel Group with 43.9 million tons. The largest exporter of steel in 2013 was China with 61.5 million t. The country with the most imports in 2013 was the USA with 17.8 million t.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the steel industry's raw material requirements were temporarily not met. The reason for this was a resumption of exponential growth after a quarter of a century of stagnation , which was essentially caused by the strongly increasing demand for steel in the Chinese economy , and to a lesser extent also in India. Between 2003 and 2007, steel production in China grew annually by more than the annual production in Germany. This development was not foreseen. As a result, the supply of raw materials could not be increased quickly enough due to the restrictions on the production capacities of the mines as well as the shipping and handling capacities in sea transport, despite there being sufficient deposits of iron ore worldwide . Following a low in steel prices in 2001, prices for raw materials and steel products roughly doubled twice in the course of 2004 and in the first half of 2008. Steel remained scarce and expensive until mid-2008.

In the course of the financial crisis , steel demand fell rapidly for a short time. As a result, in May 2009 world market prices more than halved compared to the high in July 2008. A total of 1232.3 million tons of steel were produced worldwide in 2009 (2008: 1329.2 million tons). Compared to the previous year, the decrease was 7.3%. By far the most important producer country was the People's Republic of China with 573.6 million t (2008: 500.3 million t). The Chinese share in global production was 46.5%. The country increased its steel production by 14.7% compared to the previous year. World production excluding China was 658.7 million t in 2009 (2008: 828.9 million t). It fell by 20.5% compared to the previous year. In 2010 global production had recovered.

Steel production

By country

All figures relate to the states within their current borders. For Russia, for example, the RSFSR production figures up to 1990 are given.

The 10 largest steel producers (red) and other countries whose annual steel production is over 10 million tons (as of 2004)
Production in thousands of tons
Rank
(2013)
country 1970 1980 1990 2000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 18,144 37.121 66,349 128,500 489.288 500,312 573,567 626.654 683.265 731.040 821.990
- European UnionEuropean Union European Union 192,588 208,000 192.129 194.154 210,200 198.200 139,300 172,800 177,700 168,580 166.208
2. JapanJapan Japan 93,322 111,395 110,339 106,444 120.203 118,739 87,534 109,599 107,595 107,232 110,595
3. United StatesUnited States United States 119,307 101,456 89,726 101,803 98.102 91,350 58,196 80,495 86,247 88,695 86,878
4th IndiaIndia India 6.276 9,514 12,963 26,924 53,468 57,791 63,527 68,321 72,200 77.264 81,299
5. RussiaRussia Russia 65,835 84.040 87,735 59,136 72,387 68,510 60.011 66,942 68,743 70,426 68,856
6th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 481 8,558 23,125 43.107 51,517 53,625 48,572 58,363 68,471 69,073 66,061
7th GermanyGermany Germany 50,466 51,146 43,980 46,376 48,550 45,833 32,670 43,830 44,288 42,661 42,645
8th. TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1.312 2,536 9,443 14,325 25,754 26,806 25,304 29,143 34,103 35,885 34,654
9. BrazilBrazil Brazil 5,390 15,337 20,567 27,865 33,782 33,716 26,506 32,928 35,162 34,524 34.163
10. UkraineUkraine Ukraine 41,012 52,353 54,655 31,767 42,830 37,279 29,855 33,432 35,332 32,975 32,771
11. ItalyItaly Italy 17,277 26,501 25,467 26,759 31,553 30,590 19,848 25,750 28,662 27,252 24,080
12. TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan 350 3,417 9,748 16,896 20,903 19,882 15,873 19,755 22,660 20,664 22,282
13. MexicoMexico Mexico 3,881 7.156 8,734 15,631 17,573 17.209 14,132 16,710 18,145 18,073 18,208
14th FranceFrance France 23,774 23,176 19,016 20,954 19,250 17,879 12,840 15,414 15,777 15,609 15,685
15th IranIran Iran 0 550 1,425 6,615 10.051 9,964 10,908 11,995 13,040 14,463 15,422
16. SpainSpain Spain 7,394 12,643 12,936 15,874 18,999 18,640 14,358 16,343 15,591 13,639 14,252
17th CanadaCanada Canada 11,200 15.901 12,281 16,595 15,572 14,845 9,286 13.013 13,090 13,507 12,415
18th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 27,833 11,277 17,841 15,155 14,317 13,521 10,079 9,709 9,481 9,579 11,858
19th AustriaAustria Austria 4,079 4,623 4,291 5,707 7,578 7,594 5,662 7.206 7,474 7,421 7,953
20th PolandPoland Poland 11,750 19,485 13,633 10,498 10,632 9,728 7.128 7,993 8,794 8,358 7,950
21st South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 4,757 9,067 8,619 8,481 9,098 8,246 7,484 7,617 6,650 6,938 7,254
22nd BelgiumBelgium Belgium 12,607 12,422 11,453 11,636 10,692 10,673 5,635 7,973 8,114 7,301 7.093
23. EgyptEgypt Egypt 450 882 2,240 2,838 6.224 6,198 5,541 6,676 6,486 6,627 6,754
24. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5,042 5,272 5,412 5,666 7,368 6,853 5,194 6,651 6,937 6,879 6,713
25th VietnamVietnam Vietnam 0 0 102 306 2,024 2,250 2,700 4,314 4,580 5,298 5,474
26th Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 0 0 1,790 2,981 4,644 4,667 4,690 5,015 5,275 5,203 5,471
27. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1,823 2,687 3,636 4,474 5,387 5,541 4.013 5,138 5,655 4,995 5,186
28. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 7,546 10,007 9,712 6.216 7,059 6,387 4,594 5,180 5,583 5,072 5,171
29 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 122 210 1,100 3,650 6,895 6,423 5,354 5,694 6,040 5,612 4,693
30th AustraliaAustralia Australia 6,839 7,589 6,676 7.129 7,939 7,625 5,249 7,296 6,404 4,893 4,688
31. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 3,934 5,218 5,063 3,733 5,089 4,489 3,747 4,580 4,242 4,403 4,511
32. SwedenSweden Sweden 5,497 4,237 4,455 5,227 5,673 5,164 2,804 4,846 4,866 4,326 4,404
33. ThailandThailand Thailand 153 450 685 2,100 5,565 5,211 3,646 4.145 4,400 3,328 3,579
34. FinlandFinland Finland 1,169 2,508 2,860 4,096 4,431 4,417 3,066 4.030 3,985 3,759 3,517
35. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 6,144 7.115 7,428 4,769 4,782 4,250 4.146 4,220 4,699 3,676 3,275
36. RomaniaRomania Romania 6,517 13,175 9,754 4,672 6.261 5,035 2,761 3,721 3,830 3,292 2,985
37. United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 0 45 45 90 90 90 200 500 2,000 2,408 2,878
38. IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia 10 543 2,892 2,848 4,160 3,915 3,501 3,664 3,890 2,254 2,644
39. QatarQatar Qatar 0 463 564 729 1,147 1.406 1,448 1,970 2,038 2.145 2,236
40. BelarusBelarus Belarus 1,090 1,391 1,452 1,502 2,410 2,589 2,417 2,530 2,614 2,687 2,245
41. VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela 927 1,975 3.233 3,835 5,005 4,225 3,808 2,207 3,070 2,359 2.139
42. LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 5,462 4,618 3,560 2,571 2,858 2,582 2.141 2,548 2,558 2,208 2,090

By regions

Steel production by region (shares in%)
region 1950 1970 1990 2000 2010 2011 2012 2018
NAFTA NAFTA 47.7 22.6 14.4 15.8 7.9 7.7 7.8 4.9
European UnionEuropean Union European Union 32.5 32.4 24.9 22.8 12.2 11.7 10.9 9.4
Commonwealth of Independent States CIS 13.5 19.4 20.1 11.6 7.6 7.5 7.2 5.7
JapanJapan Japan 2.5 15.7 14.3 12.5 7.8 7.1 6.9 5.8
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 0.3 3.0 8.7 15.1 44.3 45.1 46.3 51.9
other countries 3.5 6.9 17.6 22.2 20.2 21.0 20.9 22.4

A different breakdown by region results in the following picture.

Steel production by region (shares in million tons)
region 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2012 2018
European UnionEuropean Union European Union 208 199 192 191 193 196 172 169 168
Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union later CISCommonwealth of Independent States  148 155 154 79 98 113 108 111 101
North America 125 103 111 123 135 128 112 122 121
South America 22nd 28 29 35 40 45 44 46 44
Near and Middle East 1.2 2.7 4.1 8.1 10 15th 20th 25th 36
Far East and Oceania 186 200 246 290 342 608 926 1018 1258
Africa 11 12 13 14th 14th 18th 17th 15th 15th
World as a whole 716 719 770 753 850 1148 1433 1545 1790

Definitions:
North America: America from Canada to El Salvador
South America: America south of El Salvador
Near and Middle East: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates - excluding Turkey

For earlier years, steel production was distributed as follows:

Steel production by region since 1880 (in million tons)
region 1880 1900 1920 1939 1950
World as a whole 4th 28 71 125 190
Organization for economic cooperation and developmentOECD OECD countries * 3 14th 23 51 51
United StatesUnited States United States 1 10 43 48 88
Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 0 2 1 18th 27
other countries 0 3 4th 8th 24 *

  * Japan did not join the OECD until 1964. Hence "other countries" including Japan

It only became possible to produce reasonable quality steel around 1860. In 1867 world production was only 0.022 million tons.

World production

Per year

The global production of steel is listed in millions of tons.

World steel production in million tons (1900-2007)
World production in millions of tons
year Prod.
1880 4.0
1900 28.3
1901 31.0
1902 34.5
1903 36.1
1904 36.3
1905 44.9
1906 51.2
1907 53.0
1908 41.4
1909 54.2
1910 60.3
1911 60.5
1912 72.8
1913 76.4
year Prod.
1914 60.4
1915 66.6
1916 78.2
1917 82.0
1918 77.2
1919 58.5
1920 72.5
1921 45.2
1922 68.8
1923 78.3
1924 78.5
1925 90.4
1926 93.4
1927 101.8
1928 110.0
year Prod.
1929 120.8
1930 95.1
1931 69.6
1932 50.7
1933 68.0
1934 82.4
1935 99.5
1936 124.3
1937 135.7
1938 110.0
1939 137.1
1940 140.6
1941 153.8
1942 151.4
1943 159.6
year Prod.
1944 151.2
1945 113.1
1946 111.6
1947 136.0
1948 155.3
1949 160.0
1950 191.6
1951 211.1
1952 211.6
1953 234.8
1954 223.8
1955 270.0
1956 283.5
1957 292.5
1958 274.3
year Prod.
1959 305.7
1960 346.4
1961 351.3
1962 360.1
1963 387.1
1964 433.4
1965 454.0
1966 472.7
1967 497.2
1968 529.8
1969 574.6
1970 595.4
1971 582.6
1972 630.7
1973 697.5
year Prod.
1974 703.8
1975 643.0
1976 675.5
1977 675.6
1978 717.2
1979 746.4
1980 715.6
1981 707.0
1982 645.0
1983 663.4
1984 710.3
1985 718.9
1986 714.0
1987 735.5
1988 780.1
year Prod.
1989 786.0
1990 770.5
1991 733.6
1992 719.7
1993 727.5
1994 725.1
1995 752.3
1996 750.1
1997 799.0
1998 777.3
1999 789.3
2000 848.9
2001 851.1
2002 904.2
2003 969.9
year Prod.
2004 1071.4
2005 1144.0
2006 1247.1
2007 1346.6
2008 1329.2
2009 1232.3
2010 1418.7
2011 1514.7
2012 1548.0
2013 1606.0

Per quarter

Development of global steel production 2000–2012 in million tons per month.

The development of global steel production per quarter and in percent on the previous quarter and on the previous year. The monthly and quarterly production figures of the World Steel Association are based on information from 62 countries, the annual figures on information from 90 countries.

Production in millions of tons
year Qu. I Qu. II Qu. III Qu. IV
2000 203.7 210.5 206.4 207.1
2001 204.3 210.6 205.5 205.4
2002 209.0 221.8 224.2 229.0
2003 228.2 239.2 236.2 246.4
2004 251.9 258.0 262.6 272.6
2005 272.7 283.6 277.4 290.3
2006 289.9 313.3 310.8 318.4
2007 322.5 335.3 331.4 337.1
2008 340.9 356.9 337.2 267.6
2009 265.0 286.5 323.8 331.2
2010 340.9 363.8 339.7 346.4
2011 376.3 384.3 374.5 356.0
2012 377.3 388.3 376.0
Change on the previous quarter in%
year Qu. I Qu. II Qu. III Qu. IV
2000 0.7 3.3 −1.9 0.3
2001 −1.4 3.1 −2.4 −0.1
2002 1.8 6.1 1.1 2.1
2003 −0.3 4.8 −1.3 4.3
2004 2.2 2.4 1.8 3.8
2005 0.1 4.0 −2.2 4.7
2006 −0.1 8.1 −0.8 2.4
2007 1.3 4.0 −1.2 1.7
2008 1.1 4.7 −5.5 −20.6
2009 −1.0 8.1 13.0 2.3
2010 2.9 6.7 −6.6 2.0
2011 8.6 2.1 −2.6 −4.9
2012 6.0 2.9 −3.2
Change compared to previous year in%
year Qu. I Qu. II Qu. III Qu. IV
2000 12.5 8.2 6.1 2.4
2001 0.3 0.1 −0.4 −0.8
2002 2.3 5.3 9.1 11.5
2003 9.2 7.8 5.4 7.6
2004 10.4 7.9 11.2 10.6
2005 8.3 9.9 5.6 6.5
2006 6.3 10.5 12.0 9.7
2007 11.2 7.0 6.6 5.9
2008 5.7 6.4 1.8 −20.6
2009 −22.3 −19.7 −4.0 23.8
2010 28.6 27.0 4.9 4.6
2011 10.4 5.6 10.2 2.8
2012 0.3 1.0 0.4

The three leading production countries

Production in thousands of tons
year 1. Prod. 2. Prod. 3. Prod.
1950 United StatesUnited States 87,848 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 27,300 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 16,554
1951 United StatesUnited States 95,436 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 31,350 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 15,889
1952 United StatesUnited States 84,521 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 34,492 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 16,681
1953 United StatesUnited States 101.251 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 38.128 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 17,891
1954 United StatesUnited States 80.115 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 41,434 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 18,817
1955 United StatesUnited States 106.173 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 45.271 GermanyGermany 21,336
1956 United StatesUnited States 104,522 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 48,698 GermanyGermany 22,561
1957 United StatesUnited States 102.253 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 51.176 GermanyGermany 27,973
1958 United StatesUnited States 77,342 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 54,920 GermanyGermany 26,265
1959 United StatesUnited States 84,773 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 59,972 GermanyGermany 29,435
1960 United StatesUnited States 90,067 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 65,294 GermanyGermany 34,100
1961 United StatesUnited States 88,917 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 70,756 GermanyGermany 33,458
1962 United StatesUnited States 89.202 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 76,307 GermanyGermany 32,563
1963 United StatesUnited States 99.120 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 80.231 GermanyGermany 31,597
1964 United StatesUnited States 115.281 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 85.038 JapanJapan 39,799
1965 United StatesUnited States 119.260 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 91,021 JapanJapan 41,161
1966 United StatesUnited States 121,655 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 96.907 JapanJapan 47,784
1967 United StatesUnited States 115.406 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 102.224 JapanJapan 62.154
1968 United StatesUnited States 119.262 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 106,537 JapanJapan 66,893
1969 United StatesUnited States 128.151 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 110.315 JapanJapan 82.166
1970 United StatesUnited States 119,307 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 115,886 JapanJapan 93,322
1971 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 120,637 United StatesUnited States 109.264 JapanJapan 88,557
1972 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 125,589 United StatesUnited States 120,874 JapanJapan 96,900
1973 United StatesUnited States 136,802 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 131,481 JapanJapan 119,322
1974 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 136,200 United StatesUnited States 132.195 JapanJapan 117.131
1975 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 141,325 United StatesUnited States 105.816 JapanJapan 102.313
1976 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 144.805 United StatesUnited States 116.120 JapanJapan 107,399
1977 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 146,655 United StatesUnited States 113,700 JapanJapan 102.405
1978 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 151,436 United StatesUnited States 124.313 JapanJapan 102.105
1979 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 149.087 United StatesUnited States 123,688 JapanJapan 111,748
1980 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 147.931 JapanJapan 111,395 United StatesUnited States 101,456
1981 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 148,517 United StatesUnited States 109,614 JapanJapan 101,676
1982 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 147.153 JapanJapan 99,548 United StatesUnited States 67,656
1983 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 152.511 JapanJapan 97.179 United StatesUnited States 76,762
1984 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 154,238 JapanJapan 105,586 United StatesUnited States 83,940
1985 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 154,668 JapanJapan 105.279 United StatesUnited States 80,067
1986 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 160,550 JapanJapan 98.275 United StatesUnited States 74,031
1987 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 161,887 JapanJapan 98,513 United StatesUnited States 80,876
1988 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 163.037 JapanJapan 105,681 United StatesUnited States 90,650
1989 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 160.096 JapanJapan 107.908 United StatesUnited States 88,852
Production in thousands of tons
year 1. Prod. 2. Prod. 3. Prod.
1990 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 154,436 JapanJapan 110,339 United StatesUnited States 89,726
1991 Soviet UnionSoviet Union 132,839 JapanJapan 109,649 United StatesUnited States 79,738
1992 JapanJapan 98.132 United StatesUnited States 84,322 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 80.935
1993 JapanJapan 99,623 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 89,539 United StatesUnited States 88,793
1994 JapanJapan 98,295 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 92,613 United StatesUnited States 91,244
1995 JapanJapan 101,640 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 95,360 United StatesUnited States 95.191
1996 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 101,237 JapanJapan 98,801 United StatesUnited States 95,535
1997 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 108,911 JapanJapan 104,545 United StatesUnited States 98,485
1998 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 114,588 United StatesUnited States 98,658 JapanJapan 93,548
1999 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 124,260 United StatesUnited States 97,427 JapanJapan 94.192
2000 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 128,500 JapanJapan 106,444 United StatesUnited States 101,803
2001 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 151,634 JapanJapan 102,866 United StatesUnited States 90.104
2002 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 182,366 JapanJapan 107,745 United StatesUnited States 91,587
2003 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 222,336 JapanJapan 110,511 United StatesUnited States 93,677
2004 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 282.911 JapanJapan 112,718 United StatesUnited States 99,681
2005 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 353.240 JapanJapan 112,471 United StatesUnited States 94,897
2006 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 419.149 JapanJapan 116.226 United StatesUnited States 98,557
2007 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 489.288 JapanJapan 120.203 United StatesUnited States 98.102
2008 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 500,312 JapanJapan 118,739 United StatesUnited States 91,350
2009 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 573,567 JapanJapan 87,534 IndiaIndia 63,527
2010 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 626.654 JapanJapan 109,599 United StatesUnited States 80,495
2011 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 683.265 JapanJapan 107,595 United StatesUnited States 86,247
2016 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 786.880 JapanJapan 104,774 IndiaIndia 95,477
2017 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 831.730 JapanJapan 104,661 IndiaIndia 101,371
2018 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 928,300 IndiaIndia 106,500 JapanJapan 104,300

By company

In 2006 the five largest steel companies produced only 20% of the world's steel production. By 2013 this share had fallen slightly to 17%. In contrast to the consolidated aluminum market, the steel market is still relatively fragmented.

Export and import

The largest exporters and importers of semi-finished and finished steel products are listed in thousands of tons.

Export (2010)
rank country Quantity
(in thousand t)
1. Japan 42,735
2. China 41,646
3. Russia 27,382
4th Germany 25,352
5. Ukraine 25,201
6th South Korea 24,628
7th Turkey 16,223
8th. Italy 15,316
9. Belgium 15,153
10. France 14,141
11. United States 11.802
12. Taiwan 10,001
13. Spain 9,815
14th Netherlands 9,271
15th Brazil 8,983
16. Canada 6,968
17th Austria 6.315
18th Great Britain 6,042
19th India 5,850
20th Mexico 5,167
Import (2010)
rank country Quantity
(in thousand t)
1. South Korea 24,779
2. Germany 22,733
3. United States 22,530
4th China 17.181
5. Italy 16.307
6th France 14,178
7th Thailand 12,281
8th. Belgium 11,481
9. Turkey 10,746
10. Vietnam 9,298
11. Iran 9,238
12. Canada 8,752
13. Spain 8,630
14th Taiwan 8,499
15th Indonesia 7,045
16. Netherlands 6,853
17th UAE 6,694
18th Mexico 6,398
19th Poland 6,386
20th Great Britain 6,297

World trade

The following table shows world trade and world production of processed steel (in millions of tons) and the percentage of exports in world production.

World trade
year Export
(in million t)
Production
(in million t)
Export share
(in%)
1975 114.7 506.9 22.6
1976 126.1 533.7 23.6
1977 127.9 536.5 23.8
1978 138.6 571.7 24.2
1979 143.1 598.7 23.9
1980 140.6 578.7 24.3
1981 142.8 574.3 24.9
1982 135.5 528.7 25.6
1983 145.3 546.5 26.6
1984 158.8 588.4 27.0
1985 171.0 599.0 28.5
1986 161.7 597.4 27.1
1987 162.3 615.5 26.4
1988 171.1 656.8 26.1
1989 171.2 664.4 25.8
1990 171.0 654.0 26.2
1991 177.1 660.1 26.8
1992 196.1 658.2 29.8
1993 222.5 665.0 33.5
1994 238.6 656.3 36.3
1995 246.6 685.0 36.0
1996 236.4 686.5 34.4
1997 267.9 729.6 36.7
1998 268.7 713.4 37.7
1999 280.8 725.1 38.7
2000 307.1 782.5 39.2
2001 300.4 784.9 38.3
2002 313.1 836.2 37.4
2003 332.9 898.1 37.1
2004 366.2 992.5 36.9
2005 371.3 1062.2 35.0
2006 418.3 1158.6 36.1
2007 443.8 1251.4 35.5
2008 436.2 1234.6 35.3
2009 326.3 1147.0 28.4
2010 386.6 1316.6 29.4

See also

literature

  • Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag: Fischer-Weltalmanach. Figures-data-facts , 1960 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

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