Global crude steel production
Production for the 66 countries reporting to the IISI was 99.0 million metric t (mmt) in February. This is 8.6% higher than for the same month of 2006. China produced 36.1 mmt of crude steel in February. This is 20.1% higher than February 2006. Japan produced 9.2 mmt of crude steel, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year (y-o-y). Crude steel production in South Korea was 3.7 mmt, an increase of 0.2% compared to the same month last year. Germany produced 3.8 mmt of crude steel in February 2007, an increase of 3.1% y-o-y. France produced 1.7 mmt, a rise of 0.2% compared to the same month in 2006. Production in the UK was 1.2 mmt, 9.3% higher than February 2006. Brazil produced 2.5 mmt of crude steel in February, an increase of 17.6% compared to February 2006. Turkey's crude steel production rose by 14.6% y-o-y to 1.9 mmt in February. Crude steel production in the United States was 7.1 mmt, a decline of -8.0% y-o-y.
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