On June 21, the World Steel Association (WSA) released global crude steel production data for May 2023. In May, the world's 63 countries and regions included in the World Steel Association statistics of crude steel production of 161.6 million tons, down 5.1 percent year-on-year.
In May, Africa's crude steel production was 1.3 million tons, up 18.6 percent year on year; Crude steel production in Asia and Oceania was 119.5 million tonnes, down 6.0 percent year-on-year. Crude steel production in the EU (27 countries) was 11.6 million tonnes, down 11.2 percent year-on-year; Crude steel production in other European countries was 3.7 million tons, down 7.7 percent year-on-year; Crude steel production in the Middle East was 4.4 million tons, up 4.3 percent year-on-year; North American crude steel production was 9.6 million tons, down 3.7 percent . Crude steel production in Russia and other CIS countries plus Ukraine was 7.9 million tons, up 11.5 percent year on year; Crude steel production in South America was 3.6 million tonnes, down 5.2 percent year-on-year.
From the world's top 10 steel producing countries (places), China's crude steel production was 90.12 million tons, down 7.3 percent year-on-year; India's crude steel production was 11.2 million tonnes, up 4.1 percent year-on-year; Japan's crude steel production was 7.6 million tonnes, down 5.2 percent year-on-year; Us crude steel production was 6.9 million tonnes, down 2.3 percent year-on-year; Russia's crude steel production is expected to be 6.8 million tons, an increase of 8.8 percent . South Korea's crude steel production was 5.8 million tons, down 0.1 percent year-on-year; Iran's crude steel production was 3.3 million tons, up 8.8 percent year on year; Germany's crude steel production was 3.2 million tons, up 0.2 percent year-on-year; Turkey's crude steel production was 2.9 million tons, down 10.4 percent year-on-year; Crude steel production in Brazil was 2.8 million tonnes, down 5.5 percent year-on-year.
From January to May, among the world's 10 largest steel producing countries (places), only mainland China, India, Russia and Iran achieved a year-on-year increase in production. Specifically, China's crude steel production was 444 million tons, an increase of 1.6 percent ; India's crude steel production was 56.4 million tonnes, up 5.7 percent year-on-year; Japan's crude steel production was 36.5 million tons, down 5.3 percent year-on-year; Us crude steel production was 33.1 million tonnes, down 3.4 percent year-on-year; Russia's crude steel production is estimated at 32.1 million tons, up 1.9 percent year-on-year; South Korea's crude steel production was 28.1 million tons, down 0.4 percent year-on-year; Germany's crude steel production is expected to be 15.6 million tons, down 4.7 percent year-on-year; Brazil's crude steel production was 13.4 million tons, down 8.1 percent year-on-year; Turkey's crude steel production was 13 million tons, down 19.1 percent year-on-year; Iran's crude steel production was 13 million tons, up 2.2 percent year-on-year.
