Monthly Crude Steel Production - April 2010 - A Comparison

9-July-2010

The table contains a data of crude steel production of some countries around the world in April, 2010 along with a steel production comparison:                              

            

(data presented in ‘x1000’ tonnes)

Country	April’10	March’10	April’09	% chng Apr 10/09
Austria	632	592	375	68.4
Belgium	660	680	424	55.6
Czech Republic	476	489	295	61.4
Finland	289	363	164	76.1
France	1449	1476	821	76.4
Germany	3883	4021	1874	107
Italy	2352	2377	1490	57.9
Poland	675	696	479	41
Romania	240	250	216	11.3
Spain	1594	1581	1172	36
Netherlands	541	465	323	67.6
European Union (27)	15418	15548	9396	64.1
Norway	45	43	46	-2.2
Serbia	61	82	11	465.7
Switzerland	91	121	33	177.6
Turkey	2402	2194	1977	21.5
Other Europe	2687	2538	2136	25.8
Byelorussia	217	216	234	-7.3
Russia	5640	5588	4374	28.9
Ukraine	2974	2995	2140	39
C.I.S (6)	9248	9213	7211	28.2
Canada	1100	1150	601	83.2
Cuba	25	25	24	3.7
Mexico	1420	1466	1062	33.7
United States	6814	7112	3799	79.4
North America	9446	9841	5530	70.8
Argentina	428	443	279	53.4
Brazil	2707	2829	1729	56.6
Peru	75	75	62	20.8
Venezuela	195	200	297	34.2
South America	3524	3665	2562	37.6
Egypt	523	498	471	11.2
Libya	70	71	87	-20
South Africa	690	710	598	15.3
Africa	1375	1378	1262	8.9
Iran	1033	935	972	6.2
Saudi Arabia	468	419	433	8
Qatar	165	170	93	76.6
Middle East	1665	1524	1499	11.1
China	55403	54968	43618	27
India	5350	5532	5254	1.8
Japan	8988	9341	5734	56.7
South Korea	4802	4767	3906	22.9
Asia	77644	77808	59701	30.1
Australia	574	610	288	99.2
New Zealand	73	72	59	24.5
Oceania	647	682	347	86.5

Source: worldsteel.org