major steel producing countries, 2003 - 2004

Million Metric Tons Crude Steel Production
2004 2003
Country Rank Tonnage Rank Tonnage
China 1 272.5 1 222.4
Japan 2 112.7 2 110.5
United States 3 98.9 3 93.7
Russia 4 65.6 4 61.5
South Korea 5 47.5 5 46.3
FR Germany 6 46.4 6 44.8
Ukraine 7 38.7 7 36.9
Brazil 8 32.9 9 31.1
India 9 32.6 8 31.8
Italy 10 28.4 10 26.8
France 11 20.8 11 19.8
Turkey 12 20.5 13 18.3
Taiwan, China 13 19.5 12 18.8
Spain 14 17.7 14 16.5
Mexico 15 16.7 16 15.2
Canada 16 16.3 15 15.9
United Kingdom 17 13.8 17 13.3
Belgium 18 11.7 18 11.1
Poland 19 10.6 20 9.1
South Africa 20 9.5 19 9.5
Iran 21 8.7 21 7.9
Australia 22 7.4 22 7.5
Czech Republic 23 7.0 23 6.8
Netherlands 24 6.8 24 6.6
Austria 25 6.5 25 6.3
Romania 26 6.0 27 5.7
Sweden 27 6.0 26 5.7
Kazakhstan 28 5.4 29 4.9
Argentina 29 5.1 28 5.0
Finland 30 4.8 30 4.8
Egypt 31 4.8 32 4.4
Venezuela 32 4.6 35 3.9
Thailand (e) 33 4.5 36 3.6
Slovakia 34 4.5 31 4.6
Malaysia (e) 35 4.0 33 4.0
Saudi Arabia 36 3.9 34 3.9
Indonesia (e) 37 2.8 39 2.0
Luxembourg 38 2.7 37 2.7
Bulgaria 39 2.4 38 2.3
Greece 40 2.0 41 1.7
Hungary 41 2.0 40 2.0
Others 21.4 19.7
Total World 1056.7 969.3

Source: World Steel Association (WSA)

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