World Crude Steel Production (xmt)

1998

1999

2000

Canada

15.93

16.24

16.56

Cuba

0.28

0.30

0.34

Dominican Rep.

0.04

0.03

0.03

El Salvador

0.04

0.03

0.04

Mexico

14.21

15.30

15.94

Trinidad & Tobago

0.78

0.73

0.76

USA

97.30

96.15

100.99

North America

128.58

128.79

134.66

Argentina

4.21

3.80

4.47

Brazil

25.76

25.00

27.75

Chile

1.17

1.29

1.34

Colombia

0.66

0.52

0.64

Ecuador

0.05

0.05

0.07

Paraguay

0.06

0.05

0.08

Peru

0.63

0.57

0.74

Uruguay

0.05

0.05

0.04

Venezuela

3.68

3.25

3.84

South America

36.26

34.57

38.97

Egypt

2.87

2.63

2.82

Libya

0.87

0.97

1.06

South Africa

7.51

6.83

7.02

Tunisia

0.17

0.23

0.23

Zimbabwe

0.21

0.25

0.27

Africa

11.63

10.91

11.39

Austria

5.28

5.20

5.65

Belgium

11.43

10.93

11.64

Denmark

0.79

0.73

0.78

Finland

3.95

3.96

40.9

France

20.13

20.20

20.97

Germany

44.05

42.06

46.37

Greece

1.11

0.95

1.01

Ireland

0.36

0.34

0.38

Italy

25.80

24.88

26.54

Luxembourg

2.48

2.59

2.57

Netherlands

6.38

6.08

5.72

Portugal

0.91

1.04

1.06

Spain

14.82

14.84

15.99

1998

1999

2000

Sweden

5.17

5.07

5.23

United Kingdom

17.29

16.62

15.10

European Union

159.93

155.47

163.10

Bulgaria

2.22

1.87

2.03

Croatia

0.10

0.07

0.07

Czech Republic

6.50

5.62

6.22

Hungary

1.82

1.81

1.84

Norway

0.64

0.61

0.68

Poland

9.92

8.80

10.57

Romania

6.39

4.32

4.70

Slovak Republic

3.43

3.57

3.73

Slovenia

0.41

0.41

0.47

Turkey

14.14

14.31

14.33

Fed. Rep. Yogoslavia

0.98

0.24

0.70

Other Europe

46.54

41.63

45.32

Byelorussia

1.30

1.35

1.50

Kazakhstan

3.09

4.12

4.77

Moldova

0.72

0.80

0.82

Russia

41.79

49.76

57.59

Ukraine

23.46

26.76

31.29

Uzbekistan

0.34

0.34

0.42

C.I.S.

70.70

83.12

96.40

Iran

5.60

6.07

6.60

Qatar

0.64

0.63

0.73

Saudi Arbia

2.36

2.61

2.97

Middle East

8.60

9.31

10.30

China

114.14

123.64

125.79

India

23.48

24.27

26.92

Japan

93.55

94.19

106.44

South Korea

39.90

41.04

43.12

Taiwan

16.90

15.39

16.79

Asia

287.96

298.54

319.06

Australia

8.94

8.17

8.51

New Zealand

0.76

0.78

0.77

Oceania

9.70

8.95

9.28

Total 63 counties

759.89

771.28

828.48

World Production*

775.4

786.4

842.00