ccording to reports, in July, the crude steel output of 64 countries and regions included in the statistics of the World Steel Association was 149.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.5%.
In July, African crude steel output was 1.2 million tons, down 5.4% year-on-year;
Crude steel production in Asia and Oceania was 110.1 million tons, down 5.2% year-on-year;
The EU (27 countries) crude steel output was 11.7 million tons, down 6.7% year-on-year;
The crude steel output of other European countries was 3.5 million tons, down 16.5% year-on-year;
Crude steel output in the Middle East was 3.2 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 24.2%;
North American crude steel production was 9.6 million tons, down 5.4% year-on-year;
Crude steel production in Russia and other CIS countries, as well as Ukraine, was 6.4 million tons, down 29.1% year-on-year;
Crude steel production in South America was 3.6 million tonnes, down 7.8% year-on-year.
From the perspective of the top 10 steel-producing countries, in July, China's crude steel output was 81.4 million tons, down 6.4% year-on-year;
India's crude steel output was 10.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%;
Japan's crude steel output was 7.3 million tons, down 8.5% year-on-year;
U.S. crude steel production was 7 million tons, down 6.4% year-on-year;
South Korea's crude steel output was 6.1 million tons, down 0.6% year-on-year;
The estimated output of crude steel in Russia is 5.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 13.2%;
German crude steel production was 3 million tons, down 2.0% year-on-year;
Brazil's crude steel production was 2.8 million tons, down 8.7% year-on-year;
Turkey's crude steel production was 2.7 million tons, down 20.7% year-on-year;
Iran's crude steel production was 2 million tons, up 34.1% year-on-year.
