Ukraine in December 2014 saw a 28.5% decline in steel output YoY, to 1.903 million tons, being the 11th in the rating compiled by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) of the 65 main steel producing nations.
A rise in steel production in December 2014 was recorded in the half of the countries of the top ten, apart from Japan, South Korea, Germany, Turkey and Brazil.
The top ten steelmakers as of the end of December 2014 were the following: China (68.09 million tons, 1.5% up), Japan (8.999 million tons, 3.7% down), the United States (7.383 million, 3.7% up), India (7.071 million tons, 2.2% up), Russia (5.949 million tons, 2.6% up), South Korea (5.766 million tons, 1.6% down), Germany (3.259 million tons, a decline of 5.8%), Turkey (2.715 million tons, 6.3% down), Brazil (2.628 million tons, 1% down) and Taiwan (2.17 million tons, 17.9% up).
Ukraine is 11th (1.903 million tons, 28.5% down).
In general, in December 2014 65 countries produced 133.712 million tons of steel, which is actually at the level of December 2013. (https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/246361.html/Ukrainian metal)