Global Crude Steel Production Up 2.7% Year-on-Year in July
08/20/2013 - World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 132 million tonnes in July 2013, an increase of 2.7% compared to July 2012.
China’s crude steel production for July 2013 was 65.5 million tonnes, up by 6.2% compared to July 2012. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 9.3million tonnes of crude steel in July 2013, an increase of 0.5% over July 2012. South Korea’s crude steel production was 5.6 million tonnes in July 2013, down by 5.8% on July 2012.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.4 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2013, a decrease of 5.4% compared to July 2012. France’s crude steel production was 1.3 million tonnes, down by 9.0% on July 2012. Spain produced 1.0 million tonnes of crude steel, 3.4% less compared to July 2012.
Turkey’s crude steel production for July 2013 was 2.8 million tonnes, down by 10.1% on July 2012.
In July 2013, Russia produced 5.7 million tonnes of crude steel, a decrease of 2.4% compared to the same month last year. Ukraine’s crude steel production for July 2013 was 2.8 million tonnes, 8.8% higher than July 2012.
The U.S. produced 7.6 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2013, up by 3.3% compared to July 2012.
The crude steel capacity utilization ratio for the 64 countries in July 2013 declined to 76.8% from 79.2% in June 2013. Compared to July 2012, it is 0.8 percentage points lower.
