Global crude steel production declines 3.4% YoY in February 2025

In February 2025, crude steelproduction in the world's 69 worldSteel Countries included in the worldsteel statistics was 144.7 million tonnes, down 3.4% year-on-year.

　　　　In February 2025, Africa's crude steel output will be 1.9 million tons, an increase of 7.6% year-on-year; The crude steel output of Asia and Oceania was 107.3 million tons, down 2.6% year-on-year; The crude steel output of the European Union (27 countries) was 10.1 million tons, down 7.1% year-on-year; The crude steel output of other European countries was 3.3 million tons, down 9.7% year-on-year; The crude steel output in the Middle East was 3.7 million tons, down 11.5% year-on-year; North America's crude steel output was 8.2 million tons, down 6.3% year-on-year; Russia and other CIS countries Ukraine's crude steel output was 6.7 million tons, down 1.9% year-on-year; South America's crude steel output was 3.4 million tons, down 3.2% year-on-year.

According to the data submitted by the 69 countries/territories mentioned above, their production in 2024 accounted for 98% of global crude Steel Production. Countries and regions included in the table:
　　Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia
　　Asia and Oceania: Australia, China, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
　　European Union (27): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
　　Other European countries: Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom
　　Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
　　North America: Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, United States
　　Russia and other CIS countries Ukraine: Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine
　　South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
　　

Top 10 countries in terms of crude steel production

　　February 2025,
　　China's crude steel output is estimated to be 78.92 million tons, down 3.3% year-on-year;
　　India's crude steel output was 12.7 million tons, an increase of 6.3% year-on-year;
　　Japan's crude steel output was 6.4 million tons, down 8.5% year-on-year;
　　U.S. crude steel output was 6 million tons, down 7.0% year-on-year;
　　Russia's crude steel output is estimated to be 5.8 million tons, down 3.4% year-on-year;
　　South Korea's crude steel output was 5.2 million tons, an increase of 0.7% year-on-year;
　　Turkey's crude steel output was 2.9 million tons, down 5.6% year-on-year;
　　Brazil's crude steel output was 2.7 million tons, down 1.6% year-on-year;
　　Germany's crude steel output was 2.7 million tons, down 13.5% year-on-year;
　　Iran's crude steel output was 1.7 million tons, down 21.8% year-on-year.