Syria: Steel
Industry Overview
Syria produced a small amount of
crude steel, production of semimanufactured steel increased with the opening of
new rolling mills in 2002. Arab Steel Co. and Joud International operated
rolling mills that used imported billet from Turkey and Ukraine. In 2003, the
state-owned General Company for Iron and Steel Products produced 58,000 t of
billet compared with 48,515 t in 2002; production of rebar fell to 53,000 t from
57,511 t. In 2004, the company planned to increase billet production to 60,000
t, and rebar, to 78,000 t. All the company’s products were consumed
domestically . The International Iron and Steel Institute estimated that
Syria’s imports of semimanufactured and finished steel products amounted to
nearly 1.69 Mt in 2002, which was an increase from 1.31 Mt in 2001 and 400,000 t
in 1997. From 1997 to 2002, Syria’s apparent consumption of finished steel
rose to 1.75 Mt from 463,000 t.
Production of Steel Commodities
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
| Commodity |
Year
|
| 1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| Crude |
70.000 |
70.000 |
70.000 |
70.000 |
70.000 |
| Semimanufactured |
85,000 |
60,000 |
60,000 |
300,000 |
450,000 |
Structure of Steel Industry in 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
| Commodity |
Major operating companies |
Location of main facilities |
Annual capacity |
| Billet |
General Company for Iron and Steel Products (Government, 100%) |
Hama |
60 |
| Rolled |
Merri
Family |
Tartous |
300 |
| Arab Steel Co. |
Lattakia |
250 |
| Joud International |
Lattakia |
150 |
| General Company for Iron and Steel Products |
Hama |
78 |
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