Steel production by country
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This article summarizes the world steel production by country. For the company-oriented account, see List of steel producers.
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In 2007, total world crude steel production was 1343.5 million metric tonnes (mmt).
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This is a list of countries by steel production in 2007 mostly based on data provided by the International Iron and Steel Institute, accessed in January 2008.[1]
Rank by sovereign state |
Country/Region | Steel production (million tonnes) |
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World | 1,343.5 | |
1 | People's Republic of China | 489.0 |
European Union | 210.3 | |
2 | Japan | 120.2 |
3 | United States | 97.2 |
4 | Russia | 72.2 |
5 | India | 53.1 |
6 | South Korea | 51.4 |
7 | Germany | 48.5 |
8 | Ukraine | 42.8 |
9 | Brazil | 33.8 |
10 | Italy | 32.0 |
11 | Turkey | 25.8 |
12 | Taiwan | 20.5 |
13 | France | 19.3 |
14 | Spain | 19.1 |
15 | Mexico | 17.2 |
16 | Canada | 16.4 |
17 | United Kingdom | 14.3 |
18 | Belgium | 10.7 |
19 | Poland | 10.7 |
20 | Iran | 10.1 |
21 | South Africa | 9.1 |
22 | Australia | 7.9 |
23 | Austria | 7.6 |
24 | Netherlands | 7.4 |
25 | Czech Republic | 7.1 |
26 | Romania | 6.3 |
27 | Egypt | 6.2 |
28 | Malaysia | 6.1 |
29 | Sweden | 5.7 |
30 | Thailand | 5.5 |
31 | Argentina | 5.4 |
32 | Slovakia | 5.1 |
33 | Venezuela | 5.0 |
34 | Kazakhstan | 4.8 |
35 | Saudi Arabia | 4.6 |
36 | Finland | 4.4 |
37 | Indonesia | 3.9 |
38 | Luxembourg | 2.9 |
39 | Greece | 2.6 |
40 | Belarus | 2.4 |
41 | Others | 29.2 (est.) |