major steel producing countries, 2006 - 2007

Million Metric Tons Crude Steel Production
Country 2007 2006
Rank Tonnage Rank Tonnage
China 1 489.2 1 423
Japan 2 120.2 2 116.2
United States 3 98.2 3 98.6
Russia 4 72.4 4 70.8
India 5 53.1 5 49.5
South Korea 6 51.5 6 48.5
Germany 7 48.6 7 47.2
Ukraine 8 42.8 8 40.9
Brazil 9 33.8 10 30.9
Italy 10 31.5 9 31.6
Turkey 11 25.8 11 23.3
Taiwan, China 12 20.9 12 20.1
France 13 19.2 13 19.9
Spain 14 19 14 18.4
Mexico 15 17.6 15 16.4
Canada 16 15.6 16 15.5
United Kingdom 17 14.3 17 13.9
Belgium 18 10.7 18 11.6
Poland 19 10.6 19 10
Iran 20 10.1 20 9.8
South Africa 21 9.1 21 9.7
Australia 22 7.9 22 7.9
Austria 23 7.6 23 7.1
Netherlands 24 7.4 25 6.4
Czech Republic 25 7.1 24 6.9
Romania 26 6.3 26 6.3
Egypt 27 6.2 27 6
Malaysia (e) 28 6.1 28 5.8
Sweden 29 5.7 30 5.5
Thailand (e) 30 5.5 31 5.2
Argentina 31 5.4 29 5.5
Slovakia 32 5.1 32 5.1
Venezuela 33 5 34 4.9
Kazakhstan 34 4.8 35 4.3
Saudi Arabia 35 4.6 36 4
Finland 36 4.4 33 5.1
Indonesia (e) 37 3.9 37 3.8
Luxembourg 38 2.9 38 2.8
Greece 39 2.6 39 2.4
Byelorussia 40 2.4 40 2.3
Hungary 41 2.2 42 2.1
Others   27.1   27.1
World   1,344.20   1,250.70

Source: World Steel Association (WSA)

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