World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 156.7 million tonnes in July 2019, a 1.7% increase compared to July 2018. China’s crude steel production for July 2019 was 85.2 million tonnes, an increase of 5.0% compared to July 2018. India produced 9.2 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2019, an increase of 1.7% compared to July 2018. Japan produced 8.4 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2019, down 0.4% on July 2018. South Korea’s crude steel production was 6.0 million tonnes in July 2019, a decrease of 2.1% on July 2018.
| Country | Jul’18 | Jul’19 | YoY | Jan-Jul’18 | Jan-Jul’19 | YoY |
| World | 154,009.0 | 156,696.6 | 1.7% | 1,034,295.2 | 1,083,670.0 | 4.8% |
| China | 81,179.9 | 85,223.2 | 5.0% | 527,288.2 | 576,785.9 | 9.4% |
| India | 9,059.0 | 9,215.0 | 1.7% | 63,289.0 | 66,188.0 | 4.6% |
| Japan | 8,419.7 | 8,386.7 | -0.4% | 61,386.5 | 59,472.7 | -3.1% |
| United States | 7,383.2 | 7,514.0 | 1.8% | 49,442.2 | 51,826.9 | 4.8% |
| South Korea | 6,172.8 | 6,040.9 | -2.1% | 42,233.0 | 42,487.2 | 0.6% |
| Russia | 6,293.0 | 6,200.0 | -1.5% | 42,303.0 | 42,462.0 | 0.4% |
| Germany | 3,395.3 | 3,360.0 | -1.0% | 25,225.1 | 24,077.4 | -4.6% |
| Turkey | 3,272.5 | 2,925.0 | -10.6% | 22,184.3 | 19,919.3 | -10.2% |
| Brazil | 3,086.3 | 2,448.8 | -20.7% | 20,568.1 | 19,691.4 | -4.3% |
| Iran | 1,980.7 | 2,200.0 | 11.1% | 14,090.7 | 14,988.2 | 6.4% |
| Italy | 2,155.9 | 2,130.0 | -1.2% | 14,975.2 | 14,696.9 | -1.9% |
| Taiwan, China | 1,976.1 | 1,890.0 | -4.4% | 13,401.1 | 13,305.6 | -0.7% |
| Ukraine | 1,815.0 | 1,784.0 | -1.7% | 12,206.0 | 12,715.0 | 4.2% |
| Viet Nam | 1,165.2 | 1,773.4 | 52.2% | 7,412.3 | 12,046.0 | 62.5% |
| Mexico | 1,753.9 | 1,440.0 | -17.9% | 12,183.8 | 10,923.6 | -10.3% |
| France | 1,338.1 | 1,330.0 | -0.6% | 9,316.1 | 9,006.2 | -3.3% |
| Spain | 950.6 | 1,100.0 | 15.7% | 8,370.2 | 8,517.5 | 1.8% |
| Canada | 1,088.0 | 1,120.0 | 2.9% | 7,598.1 | 7,649.9 | 0.7% |
| Others | 919.0 | 920.0 | 0.1% | 6,423.8 | 6,468.3 | 0.7% |
| Poland | 808.8 | 780.0 | -3.6% | 6,031.6 | 5,691.8 | -5.6% |
| Belgium | 704.3 | 660.0 | -6.3% | 4,733.4 | 4,664.9 | -1.4% |
| Egypt | 659.6 | 526.4 | -20.2% | 4,458.9 | 4,623.4 | 3.7% |
| Austria | 353.5 | 576.6 | 63.1% | 4,175.4 | 4,539.1 | 8.7% |
| United Kingdom | 687.1 | 644.9 | -6.1% | 4,597.4 | 4,432.4 | -3.6% |
| Netherlands | 589.0 | 604.8 | 2.7% | 4,121.4 | 4,042.5 | -1.9% |
| South Africa | 535.0 | 464.4 | -13.2% | 3,731.9 | 3,597.6 | -3.6% |
| Australia | 515.6 | 428.7 | -16.8% | 3,438.4 | 3,147.4 | -8.5% |
| Saudi Arabia | 503.2 | 440.0 | -12.6% | 3,048.5 | 3,022.8 | -0.8% |
| Sweden | 349.3 | 351.5 | 0.6% | 2,899.3 | 2,909.1 | 0.3% |
| Czech Republic | 443.5 | 390.6 | -11.9% | 2,949.9 | 2,838.7 | -3.8% |
| Argentina | 463.8 | 418.2 | -9.8% | 3,013.4 | 2,737.4 | -9.2% |
| Thailand | 568.3 | 415.0 | -27.0% | 3,879.4 | 2,550.4 | -34.3% |
| Kazakhstan | 367.0 | 350.0 | -4.6% | 2,693.0 | 2,313.0 | -14.1% |
| Finland | 345.8 | 220.1 | -36.4% | 2,459.4 | 2,157.5 | -12.3% |
| Pakistan | 436.0 | 310.0 | -28.9% | 2,950.0 | 1,979.0 | -32.9% |
| United Arab Emirates | 274.1 | 225.1 | -17.9% | 1,859.3 | 1,877.0 | 1.0% |
| Byelorussia | 224.0 | 230.0 | 2.7% | 1,367.0 | 1,550.0 | 13.4% |
| Qatar | 224.0 | 230.1 | 2.7% | 1,540.0 | 1,518.9 | -1.4% |
| Luxembourg | 204.6 | 200.0 | -2.3% | 1,375.9 | 1,385.7 | 0.7% |
| Serbia | 178.6 | 136.2 | -23.7% | 1,176.0 | 1,169.2 | -0.6% |
| Hungary | 179.4 | 136.0 | -24.2% | 1,176.7 | 1,072.0 | -8.9% |
| Greece | 136.0 | 130.0 | -4.4% | 912.0 | 891.0 | -2.3% |
| Peru | 103.0 | 110.0 | 6.8% | 708.5 | 718.2 | 1.4% |
| Colombia | 115.3 | 95.0 | -17.6% | 687.4 | 601.0 | -12.6% |
| Chile | 95.8 | 80.0 | -16.5% | 630.0 | 523.0 | -17.0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 68.9 | 64.0 | -7.2% | 308.0 | 485.2 | 57.5% |
| New Zealand | 61.8 | 55.4 | -10.5% | 388.6 | 390.2 | 0.4% |
| Slovenia | 51.8 | 49.5 | -4.4% | 403.4 | 380.7 | -5.6% |
| Uzbekistan | 52.0 | 65.0 | 25.0% | 379.0 | 374.0 | -1.3% |
| Bulgaria | 51.0 | 55.0 | 7.8% | 397.6 | 361.9 | -9.0% |
| Ecuador | 51.0 | 55.0 | 7.9% | 341.1 | 357.0 | 4.7% |
| Norway | 15.1 | 20.3 | 34.4% | 312.7 | 347.9 | 11.2% |
| Libya | 43.2 | 60.0 | 38.7% | 227.1 | 340.5 | 49.9% |
| Moldova | 42.0 | 35.0 | -16.7% | 317.0 | 215.0 | -32.2% |
| Guatemala | 25.5 | 25.0 | -2.0% | 170.1 | 173.6 | 2.0% |
| Macedonia | 23.8 | 20.0 | -15.8% | 155.1 | 153.4 | -1.1% |
| Cuba | 18.4 | 15.0 | -18.3% | 121.4 | 118.4 | -2.4% |
| El Salvador | 9.3 | 10.0 | 7.9% | 55.9 | 58.6 | 4.8% |
| Croatia | 10.1 | 2.0 | -80.2% | 62.5 | 52.4 | -16.2% |
| Venezuela | 9.0 | 5.0 | -44.4% | 102.0 | 38.9 | -61.9% |
| Uruguay | 5.2 | 5.0 | -3.7% | 32.6 | 32.7 | 0.3% |
| Paraguay | 2.1 | 1.0 | -51.9% | 9.9 | 8.5 | -14.1% |
In ‘000 tonnes