Primary Iron
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primary Iron Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IISI 93
|
|
|
|
|
'000 metric tonnes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jan 08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% change
|
|
Blast Furnace Iron
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
07/06
|
|
Austria
|
4,318
|
4,375
|
4,669
|
4,677
|
4,847
|
5,444
|
5,547
|
|
5,808
|
|
4.7%
|
|
Belgium
|
8,471
|
7,732
|
7,988
|
7,813
|
8,224
|
7,254
|
7,516
|
|
6,577
|
|
-12.5%
|
|
Finland
|
2,983
|
2,852
|
2,828
|
3,092
|
3,037
|
3,056
|
3,158
|
|
2,915
|
|
-7.7%
|
|
France
|
13,916
|
12,298
|
13,510
|
12,972
|
13,198
|
12,705
|
13,013
|
|
12,426
|
|
-4.5%
|
|
Germany
|
30,845
|
29,184
|
29,427
|
29,481
|
30,018
|
28,854
|
30,360
|
|
31,072
|
|
2.3%
|
|
Italy
|
11,220
|
11,220
|
9,775
|
10,148
|
10,604
|
11,423
|
11,497
|
|
11,090
|
a
|
-3.5%
|
|
Netherlands
|
4,970
|
5,305
|
5,367
|
5,846
|
6,011
|
6,031
|
5,417
|
|
6,412
|
|
18.4%
|
|
Portugal
|
379
|
82
|
- 0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spain
|
4,059
|
4,219
|
4,021
|
3,645
|
4,036
|
4,160
|
3,432
|
|
3,985
|
a
|
16.1%
|
|
Sweden
|
3,145
|
3,614
|
3,703
|
3,710
|
3,871
|
3,730
|
3,577
|
|
3,816
|
|
6.7%
|
|
United Kingdom
|
10,890
|
9,870
|
8,561
|
10,228
|
10,180
|
10,189
|
10,696
|
|
10,954
|
|
2.4%
|
|
European Union (15)
|
95,196
|
90,751
|
89,849
|
91,612
|
94,026
|
92,846
|
94,213
|
|
95,055
|
|
0.9%
|
|
Bulgaria
|
1,220
|
1,211
|
1,072
|
1,386
|
1,158
|
1,081
|
1,147
|
|
1,170
|
e
|
2.0%
|
|
Czech Republic
|
4,621
|
4,671
|
4,840
|
5,207
|
5,384
|
4,627
|
5,192
|
|
5,287
|
|
1.8%
|
|
Hungary
|
1,340
|
1,226
|
1,335
|
1,333
|
1,351
|
1,338
|
1,336
|
|
1,394
|
|
4.3%
|
|
Poland
|
6,492
|
5,440
|
5,294
|
5,632
|
6,400
|
4,477
|
5,333
|
|
5,890
|
a
|
10.4%
|
|
Romania
|
2,985
|
3,085
|
3,976
|
4,101
|
4,244
|
4,098
|
3,975
|
|
3,935
|
a
|
-1.0%
|
|
Slovakia
|
3,166
|
3,255
|
3,533
|
3,892
|
3,765
|
3,681
|
4,145
|
|
4,012
|
|
-3.2%
|
|
Other E.U.
|
19,824
|
18,888
|
20,050
|
21,551
|
22,302
|
19,302
|
21,128
|
|
21,688
|
|
2.7%
|
|
European Union (27)
|
115,020
|
109,639
|
109,899
|
113,163
|
116,328
|
112,148
|
115,341
|
|
116,743
|
|
1.2%
|
|
Norway
|
70
|
70
|
108
|
110
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
e
|
100
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Serbia
|
598
|
456
|
485
|
635
|
1,003
|
1,208
|
1,762
|
|
1,485
|
|
-15.7%
|
|
Switzerland
|
80
|
80
|
80
|
80
|
80
|
80
|
80
|
e
|
80
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Turkey
|
5,333
|
5,289
|
5,003
|
5,706
|
5,836
|
5,970
|
5,952
|
|
6,235
|
|
4.8%
|
|
Other Europe
|
6,081
|
5,895
|
5,676
|
6,531
|
7,019
|
7,358
|
7,894
|
|
7,900
|
|
0.1%
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
4,010
|
3,906
|
4,008
|
4,123
|
4,312
|
3,624
|
3,393
|
|
3,240
|
|
-4.5%
|
|
Russia
|
44,536
|
44,947
|
46,251
|
48,325
|
50,321
|
48,410
|
51,742
|
|
51,043
|
|
-1.4%
|
|
Ukraine
|
25,697
|
26,364
|
27,634
|
29,528
|
31,056
|
30,782
|
32,950
|
|
35,647
|
|
8.2%
|
|
former U.S.S.R.
|
74,243
|
75,217
|
77,893
|
81,976
|
85,689
|
82,816
|
88,085
|
|
89,930
|
|
2.1%
|
|
Canada
|
8,904
|
8,302
|
8,670
|
8,554
|
8,828
|
8,274
|
8,305
|
|
8,980
|
e
|
8.1%
|
|
Mexico
|
4,856
|
4,373
|
3,996
|
4,183
|
4,278
|
4,047
|
3,790
|
|
3,985
|
b
|
5.1%
|
|
United States
|
47,878
|
42,107
|
40,225
|
40,644
|
42,291
|
37,222
|
37,903
|
|
35,720
|
a
|
-5.8%
|
|
North America
|
61,638
|
54,782
|
52,891
|
53,381
|
55,397
|
49,543
|
49,998
|
|
48,685
|
|
-2.6%
|
|
Argentina
|
2,186
|
1,917
|
2,180
|
2,402
|
2,392
|
2,646
|
2,481
|
|
2,589
|
|
4.4%
|
|
Brazil
|
27,723
|
27,391
|
29,694
|
32,038
|
34,558
|
33,884
|
32,452
|
|
35,540
|
|
9.5%
|
|
Chile
|
1,024
|
897
|
964
|
988
|
1,137
|
1,074
|
1,115
|
|
1,135
|
a
|
1.8%
|
|
Colombia
|
285
|
319
|
311
|
283
|
312
|
325
|
360
|
|
350
|
a
|
-2.8%
|
|
Paraguay
|
82
|
72
|
87
|
98
|
119
|
123
|
128
|
|
110
|
|
-14.1%
|
|
Peru
|
327
|
316
|
240
|
226
|
272
|
263
|
306
|
|
351
|
|
14.7%
|
|
South America
|
31,627
|
30,912
|
33,476
|
36,035
|
38,790
|
38,315
|
36,842
|
|
40,075
|
|
8.8%
|
|
Algeria
|
767
|
800
|
960
|
965
|
994
|
952
|
1,093
|
|
1,220
|
b
|
11.6%
|
|
Egypt
|
990
|
1,160
|
1,100
|
1,080
|
1,000
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
e
|
1,000
|
e
|
-9.1%
|
|
South Africa
|
6,292
|
5,820
|
5,823
|
6,234
|
6,011
|
6,130
|
6,159
|
|
5,358
|
|
-13.0%
|
|
Tunisia
|
195
|
191
|
152
|
45
|
- 0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
277
|
156
|
122
|
182
|
125
|
129
|
38
|
|
45
|
e
|
18.4%
|
|
Africa
|
8,521
|
8,127
|
8,157
|
8,506
|
8,130
|
8,311
|
8,390
|
|
7,623
|
|
-9.1%
|
|
Iran
|
2,202
|
2,183
|
2,182
|
2,231
|
2,096
|
2,305
|
2,041
|
|
2,118
|
|
3.8%
|
|
Middle East
|
2,202
|
2,183
|
2,182
|
2,231
|
2,096
|
2,305
|
2,041
|
|
2,118
|
|
3.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primary Iron Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'000 metric tonnes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IISI 93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jan 08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% change
|
|
Blast Furnace Iron
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
07/06
|
|
China
|
131,034
|
147,067
|
170,745
|
213,785
|
256,738
|
344,732
|
413,635
|
|
469,000
|
|
13.4%
|
|
India
|
21,321
|
21,875
|
24,315
|
26,550
|
25,117
|
27,125
|
28,256
|
|
28,828
|
|
2.0%
|
|
Japan
|
81,071
|
78,836
|
80,979
|
82,091
|
82,974
|
83,058
|
84,270
|
|
86,771
|
|
3.0%
|
|
D.P.R. Korea (e)
|
250
|
250
|
250
|
250
|
250
|
250
|
250
|
e
|
250
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
South Korea
|
24,937
|
25,898
|
26,570
|
27,314
|
27,556
|
27,309
|
27,559
|
|
29,111
|
|
5.6%
|
|
Malaysia (e)
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pakistan (e)
|
1,000
|
1,067
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
850
|
e
|
900
|
e
|
5.9%
|
|
Taiwan, China
|
9,618
|
10,001
|
10,169
|
10,260
|
10,354
|
9,447
|
10,407
|
|
10,550
|
|
1.4%
|
|
Vietnam
|
47
|
48
|
146
|
200
|
187
|
202
|
211
|
|
220
|
e
|
4.3%
|
|
Asia
|
269,278
|
285,042
|
314,174
|
361,450
|
404,176
|
493,123
|
565,438
|
|
625,630
|
|
10.6%
|
|
Australia
|
7,049
|
6,017
|
6,106
|
6,116
|
5,735
|
6,203
|
6,433
|
|
6,369
|
|
-1.0%
|
|
New Zealand
|
603
|
646
|
617
|
700
|
719
|
652
|
664
|
|
679
|
|
2.3%
|
|
Oceania
|
7,652
|
6,663
|
6,723
|
6,816
|
6,454
|
6,855
|
7,097
|
|
7,048
|
|
-0.7%
|
|
World
|
576,262
|
578,460
|
611,071
|
670,089
|
724,079
|
800,774
|
881,126
|
|
945,752
|
|
7.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Direct Reduced Iron
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
P
|
07/06
|
|
Canada
|
1,126
|
- 0
|
179
|
504
|
1,091
|
591
|
446
|
|
935
|
a
|
109.6%
|
|
Mexico
|
5,589
|
3,672
|
4,741
|
5,473
|
6,345
|
6,065
|
6,167
|
|
5,895
|
|
-4.4%
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
1,519
|
2,034
|
2,317
|
2,169
|
2,219
|
2,056
|
2,072
|
|
2,065
|
b
|
-0.3%
|
|
Argentina
|
1,420
|
1,276
|
1,476
|
1,736
|
1,755
|
1,821
|
1,940
|
|
1,800
|
|
-7.2%
|
|
Brazil
|
412
|
340
|
361
|
410
|
440
|
411
|
376
|
|
362
|
|
-3.7%
|
|
Peru
|
82
|
63
|
28
|
84
|
81
|
78
|
84
|
|
90
|
|
7.1%
|
|
Venezuela
|
6,412
|
5,473
|
6,844
|
6,646
|
7,825
|
8,897
|
8,420
|
|
7,900
|
a
|
-6.2%
|
|
Egypt
|
2,110
|
2,370
|
2,530
|
2,870
|
3,020
|
2,900
|
3,100
|
|
2,786
|
|
-10.1%
|
|
Libya
|
1,486
|
1,060
|
1,161
|
1,336
|
1,586
|
1,669
|
1,633
|
|
1,660
|
|
1.7%
|
|
Iran
|
4,539
|
4,999
|
5,280
|
5,038
|
6,437
|
6,873
|
6,929
|
|
7,491
|
|
8.1%
|
|
Qatar
|
621
|
734
|
752
|
776
|
830
|
816
|
877
|
|
1,000
|
|
14.0%
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
3,059
|
2,877
|
3,280
|
3,285
|
3,406
|
3,626
|
3,581
|
|
4,020
|
|
12.3%
|
|
India
|
5,498
|
5,720
|
5,731
|
7,051
|
9,121
|
12,052
|
15,032
|
|
18,056
|
|
20.1%
|
|
Total Above
|
33,873
|
30,618
|
34,680
|
37,378
|
44,156
|
47,855
|
50,657
|
|
54,060
|
|
6.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual data can include revisions not shown in monthly data, thus
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
e - estimate
|
figures may differ from those shown in IISI 91/2.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a - based on 11 months production.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
b - based on 10 months production.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c - based on 9 months production.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude Steel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World Crude Steel Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IISI 103
|
|
|
|
|
|
'000 metric tonnes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jan 08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
07/05
|
|
Austria
|
5,282
|
5,202
|
5,707
|
5,869
|
6,189
|
6,261
|
6,530
|
7,031
|
7,129
|
|
7,578
|
|
6.3%
|
|
Belgium
|
11,425
|
10,931
|
11,636
|
10,762
|
11,343
|
11,114
|
11,698
|
10,420
|
11,631
|
|
10,685
|
|
-8.1%
|
|
Denmark
|
790
|
729
|
801
|
751
|
392
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
|
- 0
|
|
|
|
Finland
|
3,952
|
3,956
|
4,096
|
3,938
|
4,003
|
4,766
|
4,832
|
4,739
|
5,054
|
|
4,431
|
|
-12.3%
|
|
France
|
20,126
|
20,200
|
20,954
|
19,343
|
20,258
|
19,758
|
20,770
|
19,481
|
19,852
|
|
19,252
|
|
-3.0%
|
|
Germany
|
44,046
|
42,062
|
46,376
|
44,803
|
45,015
|
44,809
|
46,374
|
44,524
|
47,224
|
|
48,550
|
|
2.8%
|
|
Greece
|
1,109
|
951
|
1,088
|
1,281
|
1,835
|
1,701
|
1,967
|
2,266
|
2,416
|
|
2,575
|
a
|
6.6%
|
|
Ireland
|
358
|
335
|
360
|
150
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
|
- 0
|
|
|
|
Italy
|
25,714
|
24,878
|
26,759
|
26,545
|
26,066
|
27,058
|
28,604
|
29,350
|
31,624
|
|
31,990
|
a
|
1.2%
|
|
Luxembourg
|
2,477
|
2,600
|
2,571
|
2,725
|
2,719
|
2,675
|
2,684
|
2,194
|
2,802
|
|
2,858
|
|
2.0%
|
|
Netherlands
|
6,377
|
6,075
|
5,666
|
6,037
|
6,117
|
6,571
|
6,848
|
6,919
|
6,372
|
|
7,368
|
|
15.6%
|
|
Portugal
|
936
|
1,044
|
1,088
|
728
|
920
|
1,000
|
1,400
|
1,400
|
1,400
|
e
|
1,400
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Spain
|
14,827
|
14,882
|
15,874
|
16,504
|
16,408
|
16,286
|
17,621
|
17,826
|
18,391
|
|
19,050
|
a
|
3.6%
|
|
Sweden
|
5,153
|
5,066
|
5,227
|
5,518
|
5,754
|
5,707
|
5,978
|
5,723
|
5,466
|
|
5,672
|
|
3.8%
|
|
United Kingdom
|
17,315
|
16,298
|
15,155
|
13,543
|
11,667
|
13,268
|
13,766
|
13,239
|
13,871
|
|
14,303
|
|
3.1%
|
|
European Union (15)
|
159,887
|
155,209
|
163,358
|
158,497
|
158,686
|
160,974
|
169,072
|
165,112
|
173,232
|
|
175,712
|
|
1.4%
|
|
Bulgaria
|
2,242
|
1,889
|
2,022
|
1,972
|
1,860
|
2,317
|
2,106
|
1,969
|
2,124
|
|
2,050
|
e
|
-3.5%
|
|
Czech Republic
|
6,498
|
5,616
|
6,216
|
6,316
|
6,512
|
6,783
|
7,033
|
6,189
|
6,862
|
|
7,057
|
|
2.8%
|
|
Estonia
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
e
|
- 0
|
e
|
|
|
Hungary
|
1,816
|
1,813
|
1,871
|
1,956
|
2,053
|
1,989
|
1,952
|
1,958
|
2,089
|
|
2,227
|
|
6.6%
|
|
Latvia
|
472
|
482
|
498
|
515
|
520
|
520
|
520
|
550
|
550
|
e
|
550
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Poland
|
9,915
|
8,848
|
10,498
|
8,809
|
8,368
|
9,107
|
10,593
|
8,336
|
10,008
|
|
10,670
|
a
|
6.6%
|
|
Romania
|
6,393
|
4,354
|
4,672
|
4,935
|
5,491
|
5,691
|
6,042
|
6,280
|
6,263
|
|
6,340
|
a
|
1.2%
|
|
Slovakia
|
3,428
|
3,569
|
3,733
|
3,989
|
4,275
|
4,588
|
4,454
|
4,485
|
5,093
|
|
5,082
|
|
-0.2%
|
|
Slovenia
|
405
|
405
|
519
|
462
|
481
|
541
|
566
|
583
|
628
|
|
638
|
|
1.6%
|
|
Other E.U.
|
31,171
|
26,977
|
30,030
|
28,955
|
29,561
|
31,537
|
33,267
|
30,350
|
33,617
|
|
34,614
|
|
3.0%
|
|
European Union (27)
|
191,058
|
182,186
|
193,388
|
187,452
|
188,247
|
192,511
|
202,339
|
195,462
|
206,849
|
|
210,326
|
|
1.7%
|
|
Albania (e: 2001-03, 06-07)
|
22
|
16
|
5
|
80
|
140
|
140
|
143
|
145
|
- 0
|
|
100
|
e
|
|
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina
|
85
|
60
|
77
|
84
|
74
|
95
|
75
|
289
|
490
|
|
533
|
|
8.8%
|
|
Croatia
|
101
|
74
|
71
|
58
|
34
|
41
|
86
|
73
|
81
|
|
75
|
b
|
-7.4%
|
|
Macedonia
|
45
|
45
|
161
|
260
|
260
|
291
|
309
|
310
|
354
|
|
356
|
b
|
0.6%
|
|
Montenegro *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
161
|
|
174
|
|
8.1%
|
|
Norway
|
637
|
610
|
679
|
640
|
698
|
703
|
725
|
705
|
684
|
|
708
|
|
3.5%
|
|
Serbia *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,662
|
|
1,478
|
|
-11.1%
|
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
980
|
230
|
696
|
595
|
591
|
711
|
1,175
|
1,292
|
1,823
|
|
|
|
|
|
Switzerland
|
800
|
800
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
1,158
|
1,252
|
|
1,264
|
|
1.0%
|
|
Turkey
|
14,144
|
14,313
|
14,325
|
14,981
|
16,467
|
18,298
|
20,478
|
20,965
|
23,315
|
|
25,761
|
|
10.5%
|
|
Other Europe
|
16,814
|
16,148
|
17,014
|
17,698
|
19,264
|
21,279
|
23,991
|
24,937
|
27,999
|
|
30,449
|
|
8.8%
|
|
Azerbaijan (e)
|
8
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
80
|
125
|
250
|
250
|
330
|
300
|
e
|
150
|
e
|
-50.0%
|
|
Byelorussia
|
1,412
|
1,448
|
1,502
|
1,486
|
1,484
|
1,591
|
1,792
|
2,027
|
2,324
|
|
2,410
|
|
3.7%
|
|
Georgia
|
56
|
7
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
|
- 0
|
|
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
3,121
|
4,099
|
4,769
|
4,655
|
4,814
|
4,898
|
5,385
|
4,451
|
4,269
|
|
4,782
|
|
12.0%
|
|
Moldova
|
735
|
796
|
908
|
967
|
514
|
850
|
1,012
|
1,016
|
675
|
|
965
|
|
43.0%
|
|
Russia
|
43,822
|
51,510
|
59,136
|
58,970
|
59,777
|
61,450
|
65,583
|
66,146
|
70,830
|
|
72,220
|
|
2.0%
|
|
Ukraine
|
24,445
|
27,453
|
31,767
|
33,108
|
34,050
|
36,932
|
38,738
|
38,641
|
40,892
|
|
42,830
|
|
4.7%
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
351
|
344
|
407
|
433
|
450
|
499
|
602
|
595
|
641
|
|
649
|
|
1.2%
|
|
C.I.S.
|
73,950
|
85,657
|
98,489
|
99,699
|
101,214
|
106,470
|
113,362
|
113,206
|
119,931
|
|
124,006
|
|
3.4%
|
|
Canada
|
15,930
|
16,235
|
16,595
|
15,276
|
16,002
|
15,929
|
16,305
|
15,327
|
15,493
|
|
16,380
|
e
|
5.7%
|
|
Cuba
|
283
|
303
|
336
|
270
|
268
|
210
|
192
|
245
|
257
|
|
268
|
|
4.3%
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
36
|
43
|
39
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
|
- 0
|
|
|
|
El Salvador
|
43
|
34
|
41
|
39
|
49
|
57
|
59
|
48
|
72
|
|
73
|
|
1.4%
|
|
Guatemala
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
167
|
202
|
216
|
226
|
232
|
207
|
292
|
|
349
|
|
19.5%
|
|
Mexico
|
14,218
|
15,274
|
15,631
|
13,300
|
14,010
|
15,159
|
16,737
|
16,195
|
16,313
|
|
17,170
|
b
|
5.3%
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
777
|
729
|
741
|
668
|
817
|
903
|
815
|
712
|
673
|
|
682
|
|
1.3%
|
|
United States
|
98,658
|
97,427
|
101,803
|
90,104
|
91,587
|
93,677
|
99,681
|
94,897
|
98,557
|
|
97,212
|
|
-1.4%
|
|
North America
|
129,945
|
130,045
|
135,353
|
119,859
|
122,949
|
126,161
|
134,021
|
127,631
|
131,657
|
|
132,134
|
|
0.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
e - estimate.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a - based on 11 months.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
b - based on 10 months.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World Crude Steel Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IISI 103
|
|
|
|
|
|
'000 metric tonnes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jan 08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
07/05
|
|
Argentina
|
4,216
|
3,799
|
4,474
|
4,107
|
4,356
|
5,044
|
5,133
|
5,380
|
5,533
|
|
5,387
|
|
-2.6%
|
|
Brazil
|
25,760
|
24,996
|
27,865
|
26,717
|
29,604
|
31,147
|
32,909
|
31,610
|
30,901
|
|
33,784
|
|
9.3%
|
|
Chile
|
1,171
|
1,291
|
1,352
|
1,247
|
1,279
|
1,377
|
1,579
|
1,537
|
1,627
|
|
1,666
|
|
2.4%
|
|
Colombia
|
636
|
534
|
660
|
638
|
664
|
668
|
730
|
842
|
1,220
|
|
1,260
|
a
|
3.3%
|
|
Ecuador
|
46
|
53
|
58
|
60
|
69
|
80
|
72
|
84
|
85
|
|
87
|
|
2.4%
|
|
Paraguay
|
56
|
56
|
77
|
71
|
80
|
91
|
107
|
101
|
115
|
|
95
|
|
-17.4%
|
|
Peru
|
631
|
559
|
751
|
690
|
611
|
669
|
726
|
790
|
896
|
|
881
|
|
-1.7%
|
|
Uruguay
|
52
|
45
|
38
|
31
|
34
|
40
|
58
|
64
|
57
|
|
71
|
|
24.6%
|
|
Venezuela
|
3,553
|
3,261
|
3,835
|
3,813
|
4,164
|
3,930
|
4,561
|
4,910
|
4,864
|
|
5,020
|
a
|
3.2%
|
|
South America
|
36,121
|
34,594
|
39,110
|
37,374
|
40,861
|
43,046
|
45,875
|
45,318
|
45,298
|
|
48,251
|
|
6.5%
|
|
Algeria
|
600
|
758
|
842
|
947
|
1,091
|
1,051
|
1,014
|
1,007
|
1,158
|
|
1,310
|
b
|
13.1%
|
|
Egypt
|
2,870
|
2,627
|
2,838
|
3,799
|
4,316
|
4,398
|
4,810
|
5,603
|
6,045
|
|
6,224
|
|
3.0%
|
|
Ghana (e)
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
e
|
25
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Kenya (e)
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
e
|
20
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Libya
|
874
|
966
|
1,055
|
846
|
886
|
1,007
|
1,026
|
1,255
|
1,151
|
|
1,250
|
b
|
8.6%
|
|
Mauritania
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
e
|
5
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Morocco
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
205
|
314
|
|
512
|
|
63.1%
|
|
Nigeria
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
40
|
100
|
100
|
|
100
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
South Africa
|
7,956
|
7,857
|
8,481
|
8,821
|
9,095
|
9,481
|
9,500
|
9,494
|
9,718
|
|
9,100
|
|
-6.4%
|
|
Tunisia
|
171
|
231
|
229
|
239
|
200
|
86
|
66
|
115
|
160
|
|
160
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Uganda (e)
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
e
|
30
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Zaire (e)
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
e
|
30
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
212
|
255
|
258
|
149
|
105
|
152
|
135
|
107
|
24
|
|
30
|
|
25.0%
|
|
Africa
|
12,798
|
12,809
|
13,818
|
14,916
|
15,808
|
16,290
|
16,706
|
17,996
|
18,780
|
|
18,796
|
|
0.1%
|
|
Iran
|
5,602
|
6,070
|
6,600
|
6,916
|
7,321
|
7,869
|
8,682
|
9,404
|
9,789
|
|
10,051
|
|
2.7%
|
|
Israel (e)
|
280
|
280
|
280
|
280
|
280
|
280
|
280
|
300
|
300
|
e
|
300
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Jordan (e)
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
134
|
135
|
140
|
150
|
150
|
|
150
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Qatar
|
637
|
629
|
729
|
891
|
1,027
|
1,055
|
1,089
|
1,057
|
1,003
|
|
1,110
|
e
|
10.7%
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2,356
|
2,610
|
2,981
|
3,413
|
3,570
|
3,944
|
3,902
|
4,186
|
3,974
|
|
4,640
|
a
|
16.8%
|
|
Syria (e)
|
70
|
70
|
70
|
70
|
70
|
70
|
70
|
70
|
70
|
e
|
70
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
United Arab Emirates (e)
|
90
|
90
|
90
|
90
|
90
|
90
|
90
|
90
|
90
|
e
|
90
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Middle East
|
9,065
|
9,779
|
10,780
|
11,690
|
12,492
|
13,443
|
14,253
|
15,257
|
15,376
|
|
16,411
|
|
6.7%
|
|
Bangladesh
|
40
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
|
- 0
|
|
|
|
China
|
114,588
|
123,954
|
127,236
|
150,906
|
182,249
|
222,413
|
280,486
|
355,790
|
422,660
|
|
489,000
|
a
|
15.7%
|
|
India
|
23,480
|
24,296
|
26,924
|
27,291
|
28,814
|
31,779
|
32,626
|
45,780
|
49,450
|
|
53,080
|
|
7.3%
|
|
Indonesia
|
2,699
|
2,891
|
2,848
|
2,781
|
2,462
|
2,042
|
3,682
|
3,675
|
3,759
|
|
3,940
|
|
4.8%
|
|
Japan
|
93,548
|
94,192
|
106,444
|
102,866
|
107,745
|
110,511
|
112,718
|
112,471
|
116,226
|
|
120,199
|
|
3.4%
|
|
D.P.R. Korea (e)
|
300
|
300
|
300
|
300
|
300
|
300
|
300
|
300
|
300
|
e
|
300
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
South Korea
|
39,896
|
41,042
|
43,107
|
43,852
|
45,390
|
46,310
|
47,521
|
47,820
|
48,455
|
|
51,367
|
|
6.0%
|
|
Malaysia
|
1,903
|
2,770
|
3,650
|
4,100
|
4,722
|
3,960
|
5,698
|
5,296
|
5,834
|
|
6,120
|
|
4.9%
|
|
Mongolia (e)
|
- 0
|
- 0
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
e
|
35
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Myanmar (e)
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
e
|
25
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Pakistan
|
900
|
900
|
950
|
953
|
970
|
1,000
|
1,145
|
825
|
1,040
|
e
|
1,090
|
e
|
4.8%
|
|
Philippines
|
880
|
530
|
426
|
500
|
550
|
500
|
400
|
470
|
558
|
|
590
|
|
5.7%
|
|
Singapore
|
499
|
590
|
603
|
456
|
460
|
561
|
610
|
572
|
607
|
|
640
|
|
5.4%
|
|
Sri Lanka (e)
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
e
|
30
|
e
|
0.0%
|
|
Taiwan, China
|
16,965
|
15,438
|
16,896
|
17,261
|
18,230
|
18,832
|
19,599
|
18,942
|
20,000
|
|
20,450
|
e
|
2.2%
|
|
Thailand
|
1,814
|
1,532
|
2,100
|
2,127
|
2,538
|
3,551
|
4,533
|
5,161
|
5,210
|
|
5,470
|
|
5.0%
|
|
Viet Nam
|
306
|
308
|
306
|
319
|
409
|
544
|
689
|
890
|
1,400
|
|
2,000
|
e
|
42.9%
|
|
Asia
|
297,873
|
308,798
|
331,880
|
353,802
|
394,929
|
442,393
|
510,097
|
598,082
|
675,589
|
|
754,336
|
|
11.7%
|
|
Australia
|
8,941
|
8,172
|
7,129
|
7,033
|
7,527
|
7,544
|
7,414
|
7,757
|
7,881
|
|
7,901
|
|
0.3%
|
|
New Zealand
|
756
|
775
|
702
|
826
|
765
|
853
|
885
|
889
|
810
|
|
845
|
|
4.3%
|
|
Oceania
|
9,697
|
8,947
|
7,831
|
7,859
|
8,292
|
8,397
|
8,299
|
8,646
|
8,691
|
|
8,746
|
|
0.6%
|
|
World
|
777,321
|
788,963
|
847,663
|
850,349
|
904,056
|
969,990
|
1,068,943
|
1,146,535
|
1,250,170
|
|
1,343,455
|
|
7.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note:
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Annual data can include revisions not shown in monthly data, thus
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figures may differ from those shown in IISI 101/2.
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