In October 2020, the crude steel output of 64 countries included in the World Steel Association statistics was 161.9 million tons, an increase of 7.0% year-on-year. Due to the ongoing impact of the new crown epidemic, many production data released this month are estimates. We may revise the data in the production report next month.
In Asia, China’s crude steel output in October was 92.2 million tons, an increase of 12.7% year-on-year; India’s crude steel output in October was 9.1 million tons, an increase of 0.9% year-on-year; Japan’s crude steel output in October was 7.2 million tons, a year-on-year increase A decrease of 11.7%; South Korea’s crude steel production in October was 5.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.8%.
In the EU, Germany’s crude steel production in October was 3.4 million tons, an increase of 3.1% year-on-year; Italy’s crude steel production in October was 2.1 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.6%; Spain’s crude steel production in October was 1.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase A decrease of 7.7%.
In North America, the crude steel production in the United States in October was 6.1 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 15.3%.
In the CIS region, the estimated crude steel output in October 2020 is 8.4 million tons, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year. Among them, Ukraine's crude steel output in October was 1.7 million tons, an increase of 5.9% year-on-year.
In other European countries, Turkey’s crude steel output in October was 3.2 million tons, an increase of 19.4% year-on-year.
In South America, Brazil’s crude steel output in October was 2.8 million tons, an increase of 3.5% year-on-year.