major steel producing countries, 2008 - 2009

Million Metric Tons Crude Steel Production
Country 2009 2008
Rank Tonnage Rank Tonnage
China 1 567.8 1 500.3
Japan 2 87.5 2 118.7
India 3 62.8 3 57.8
Russia 4 60 4 68.5
United States 5 58.2 5 91.4
South Korea 6 48.6 6 53.6
Germany 7 32.7 7 45.8
Ukraine 8 29.9 8 37.3
Brazil 9 26.5 9 33.7
Turkey 10 25.3 10 26.8
Italy 11 19.8 11 30.6
Taiwan, China 12 15.9 12 19.9
Spain 13 14.4 13 18.6
Mexico 14 14 14 17.2
France 15 12.8 15 17.9
Iran 16 10.9 16 10
United Kingdom 17 10.1 17 13.5
Canada 18 9.3 18 14.8
South Africa 19 7.5 19 8.3
Poland 20 7.1 20 9.7
Malaysia (e) 21 6 21 6.4
Austria 22 5.7 22 7.6
Belgium 23 5.6 23 10.7
Egypt 24 5.5 24 6.2
Australia 25 5.2 25 7.6
Netherlands 26 5.2 26 6.9
Thailand (e) 27 5 27 5.2
Saudi Arabia 28 4.7 28 4.7
Czech Republic 29 4.6 29 6.4
Kazakhstan 30 4.1 30 4.3
Venezuela 31 4.1 31 4.2
Argentina 32 4 32 5.5
Slovak Republic 33 3.7 33 4.5
Indonesia (e) 34 3.5 34 3.9
Finland 35 3.1 35 4.4
Sweden 36 2.8 36 5.2
Romania 37 2.8 37 5
Byelorussia 38 2.4 38 2.6
Luxembourg 39 2.1 39 2.6
Greece 40 2 40 2.5
Viet Nam (e) 41 2 41 2.3
Qatar 42 1.4 42 1.4
Hungary 43 1.40 43 2.10
Chile 44 1.30 44 1.50
Serbia 45 1.1 45 1.7
Other   16   19.3
World   1,226.50   1,329.00

Source: World Steel Association (WSA)

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