major steel producing countries, 2002 - 2003

Million Metric Tons Crude Steel Production
2003 2002
Country Rank Tonnage Rank Tonnage
China 1 220.1 1 182.2
Japan 2 110.5 2 107.7
United States 3 90.4 3 91.6
Russia 4 62.7 4 59.8
South Korea 5 46.3 5 45.4
FR Germany 6 44.8 6 45
Ukraine 7 36.9 7 34.1
India 8 31.8 9 28.8
Brazil 9 31.1 8 29.6
Italy 10 26.7 10 26.1
France 11 19.8 11 20.3
Taiwan, China 12 18.8 12 18.2
Turkey 13 18.3 13 16.5
Spain 14 16.5 14 16.4
Canada 15 15.9 15 16
Mexico 16 15.2 16 14
United Kingdom 17 13.3 17 11.7
Belgium 18 11.1 18 11.3
South Africa 19 9.5 19 9.1
Poland 20 9.1 20 8.4
Iran 21 7.9 22 7.3
Australia 22 7.5 21 7.5
Czech Republic 23 6.8 23 6.5
Netherlands 24 6.6 25 6.1
Austria 25 6.3 24 6.2
Sweden 26 5.7 26 5.8
Romania 27 5.7 27 5.5
Argentina 28 5 30 4.4
Kazakhstan 29 4.9 28 4.8
Malaysia (e) 30 4.8 29 4.7
Finland 31 4.8 34 4
Slovakia 32 4.6 32 4.3
Egypt 33 4.4 31 4.3
Saudi Arabia 34 3.9 35 3.6
Venezuela 35 3.9 33 4.2
Indonesia (e) 36 2.8 38 2.5
Luxembourg 37 2.7 36 2.7
Thailand (e) 38 2.6 37 2.5
Hungary 39 2 39 2.1
Others 23.1 22.6
World 964.8 903.6

Source: World Steel Association (WSA)

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