World crude steel production for the 67 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel), Brussels, was 143.2 million metric tons in July 2017, a 6.3 percent increase compared with July 2016.
Turkey’s crude steel production showed the greatest increase relative to July 2016, growing by 27.8 percent to 3.3 million metric tons.
China’s crude steel production for July 2017 was 74 million metric tons, an increase of 10.3 percent compared with July 2016. Looking at the rest of Asia, Japan produced 8.6 million metric tons of crude steel in July 2017, a decline of 4.3 percent compared with July 2016. India produced 8.4 million metric tons of crude steel in July 2017, an increase of 3.5 percent compared with July 2016. South Korea produced 6.2 million metric tons of crude steel in July 2017, an increase of 2.3 percent relative to July 2016.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.5 million metric tons of crude steel in July 2017, an increase of 3.6 percent from the prior year.
The U.S. produced 7.1 million metric tons of crude steel in July 2017, an increase of 5.6 percent relative to July 2016.
Brazil’s crude steel production for July 2017 was 2.8 million metric tons, an increase of 1 percent from July 2016.
The crude steel capacity utilization ratio of the 67 countries reporting to Worldsteel in July 2017 was 72.1 percent, which is 3.2 percentage points higher than in July 2016. However, compared with June 2017, it is 1.5 percentage points lower.