March World Crude Steel Production Down 1% Y-o-Y
04/22/2013 - World crude steel production for the 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 135 million tonnes in March 2013, an increase of 1.0% compared to March 2012.
World crude steel production for the 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 135 million tonnes in March 2013, an increase of 1.0% compared to March 2012.
In the first three months of 2013, Asia produced 259.8 million tonnes of crude steel, an increase of 6.4% over the first quarter of 2012. The EU produced 41.5 million tonnes of crude steel in the first quarter of 2013, down by -5.4% compared to the same quarter of 2012. North America’s crude steel production in the first three months of 2013 was 29.7 million tonnes, a decrease of -5.7% compared to the first quarter of 2012.
China’s crude steel production for March 2013 was 66.3 million tonnes, up by 6.6% compared to March 2012. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 9.4 million tonnes of crude steel in March 2013, up by 1.3% compared to the same month last year. In March 2013, South Korea’s crude steel production was 5.7 million tonnes, down by -7.0% over March 2012.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.8 million tonnes of crude steel in March 2013, a decrease of -2.2% on March 2012. Italy’s crude steel production was 2.2 million tonnes, down by -18.4% compared to March 2012. Spain produced 1.3 million tonnes of crude steel, -2.3% lower than March 2012. France’s crude steel production was 1.3 million tonnes, a decrease of -9.6% on March 2012.
Turkey’s crude steel production for March 2013 was 3.0 million tonnes, down by -4.6% compared to March 2012.
The U.S. produced 7.3 million tonnes of crude steel in March 2013, down by -8.4% on March 2012.
In March 2013, Russia produced 6.0 million tonnes of crude steel, a decrease of -2.8% compared to the same month last year. Ukraine’s crude steel production for March 2013 was 2.9 million tonnes, -2.9% less than March 2012.
Brazil produced 2.9 million tonnes of crude steel production in March 2013, a decrease of -7.6% compared to the same month last year.
The crude steel capacity utilization ratio for the 63 countries in March 2013 slid to 79.4% from 80.5% in February 2013. Compared to March 2012, it is -2.1 percentage points lower.
