Global steel production in January was 145.3 million tons, down 3.3% year-on-year

• Global crude steel production in January 2023

        In January 2023, the crude steel output of the 63 countries and regions included in the World Steel Association's statistics was 145.3 million tons,          a year-on-year decrease of 3.3%.

• Crude steel production by region

       In January 2023, the crude steel output in Africa was 1.2 million tons, down 4.9% year-on-year; the crude steel output in Asia and Oceania was            107.5 million tons, down 0.2% year-on-year; the crude steel output in the European Union (27 countries) was 10.3 million tons, down year-on-year        Crude steel production in other European countries was 3.3 million tons, down 17.5% year-on-year; crude steel production in the Middle East was        3.8 million tons, up 19.7% year-on-year; crude steel production in North America was 9.1 million tons, down 5.6% year-on-year; Russia and other          The crude steel output of the Commonwealth of Independent States + Ukraine was 6.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 24.9%; the crude          steel output of South America was 3.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6%.The above-mentioned regions include data submitted by 63 steel-producing countries, whose production in 2022 accounts for 97% of global crude steel production.

Africa: Egypt, Libya, South Africa, Tunisia

Asia and Oceania: Australia, China, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam

European Union (27 countries)

Other European countries: Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Middle East: Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

North America: Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, United States

Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

• Top 10 Countries by Crude Steel Production

       January 2023,

      China's crude steel output is estimated to be 79.45 million tons, an increase of 2.3% year-on-year;

      India's crude steel production was 10.9 million tons, down 0.2% year-on-year;

      Japan's crude steel production was 7.2 million tons, down 6.9% year-on-year;

      U.S. crude steel production was 6.5 million tons, down 6.8% year-on-year;

      The estimated output of crude steel in Russia is 5.8 million tons, down 8.9% year-on-year;

      South Korea's crude steel production was 5.5 million tons, down 9.8% year-on-year;

      Germany's crude steel production was 2.9 million tons, down 10.2% year-on-year;

      Brazil's crude steel production was 2.8 million tons, down 4.9% year-on-year;

      Iran's crude steel output is estimated to be 2.7 million tons, an increase of 27.7% year-on-year;

      Turkey's crude steel production was 2.6 million tons, down 17.6% year-on-year.

e-estimated value. The ranking is based on the cumulative crude steel production for the year.