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In March 2021, global crude steel production was 169.2 million tons

In March 2021, the crude steel output of the 64 countries included in the World Steel Association statistics was 169.2 million tons, an increase of 15.2% year-on-year.

Top ten countries for crude steel production in the first quarter of 2021

In March 2021, China’s crude steel output was 94 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 19.1%, India’s crude steel output was 10 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 23.9%, and Japan’s crude steel output was 8.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. The output was 7.1 million tons, an increase of 1.0% year-on-year, the estimated crude steel production in Russia was 6.6 million tons, an increase of 9.4% year-on-year, the crude steel production in South Korea was 6.1 million tons, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year, and the estimated crude steel output in Germany was 3.6 million Tons, an increase of 10.4% year-on-year, Turkey's crude steel production was 3.4 million tons, an increase of 9.2% year-on-year, Brazil's crude steel production was 2.8 million tons, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year, and Iran's crude steel output was estimated at 2.6 million tons, an increase of 10.7% year-on-year .

2021-03 (Million MTon)Year-On-Year2021-01 ~ 03 (Million Mton)Year-On-Year
China94.019.1 %271.015.6 %
India10.023.9 %29.610.4 %
Jpan8.34.6 %23.7-1.7 %
USA7.11.0 %20.4-6.3 %
Russia6.69.4 %18.94.4 %
Korea6.14.7 %17.63.8 %
Germany3.610.4 %10.01.7 %
Turkey3.49.2 %9.89.5 %
Brazil2.84.1 %8.76.2 %
Iran2.610.7 %7.510.7 %
Top 10 countries of crude steel production in 2021-03 and first quater of 2021

In the first quarter of 2021, the global crude steel output was 486.9 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.0%

Crude steel production in Asia and Oceania in the first quarter was 356.9 million tons, an increase of 13.2% year-on-year. The EU region (27) produced 37.8 million tons of crude steel in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%. Crude steel production in North America in the first quarter was 28.1 million tons, down 5.2% year-on-year. Crude steel production in the CIS region in the first quarter was 26.2 million tons, an increase of 3.1% year-on-year.