major steel producing countries, 2001 - 2002

Million Metric Tons Crude Steel Production
2002 2001
Country Rank Tonnage Rank Tonnage
China 1 181.6 1 150.9
Japan 2 107.7 2 102.9
United States 3 92.2 3 90.1
Russia 4 59.8 4 59.0
South Korea 5 45.4 6 43.9
FR Germany 6 45.0 5 44.8
Ukraine 7 33.4 7 33.1
Brazil 8 29.6 9 26.7
India 9 28.8 8 27.3
Italy 10 26.1 10 26.5
France 11 20.3 11 19.3
Chinese Taipei 12 18.2 12 17.3
Turkey 13 16.5 15 15.0
Spain 14 16.4 13 16.5
Canada 15 16.0 14 15.3
Mexico 16 14.1 17 13.3
United Kingdom 17 11.7 16 13.5
Belgium 18 11.3 18 10.8
South Africa 19 9.1 19 8.8
Poland 20 8.4 20 8.8
Australia 21 7.5 21 7.0
Iran 22 7.3 22 6.9
Czech Republic 23 6.5 23 6.3
Austria 24 6.2 25 5.9
Netherlands 25 6.1 24 6.0
Sweden 26 5.8 26 5.5
Romania 27 5.5 27 4.9
Kazakhstan 28 4.8 28 4.7
Argentina 29 4.4 29 4.1
Egypt 30 4.3 34 3.8
Slovakia 31 4.3 31 4.0
Venezuela 32 4.2 33 3.8
Malaysia (e) 33 4.1 30 4.1
Finland 34 4.0 32 3.9
Saudi Arabia 35 3.6 35 3.4
Indonesia (e) 36 2.8 36 2.8
Luxembourg 37 2.7 37 2.7
Thailand (e) 38 2.3 38 2.1
Hungary 39 2.1 40 2.0
Others 22.3 22.3
World 902.2 850.3

Source: World Steel Association (WSA)

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