Ukraine Takes 28th Place In Worldsteel Rating By Volume Of Steel Production In Q1

Ukraine took 28th place in the rating of the Worldsteel international association by the volume of steel production in January-March.

This is stated in the message of the Ukrmetalurgprom association of metallurgical enterprises, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to it, according to the results of production in January-March, Ukraine took the 28th position among 64 countries - steel producers with a result of 1.24 million tons, which is 3 times lower than the indicator of January-March 2022.

The first place traditionally belongs to China: Chinese metallurgists in January-March smelted 261.56 million tons, which is by 6.1% higher than in January-March 2022.

China's share in world steel production is 57%.

The second place belongs to India (production increased by 3% to 33.2 million tons), the third place - to Japan (decrease by 6% to 21.6 million tons), the fourth place - to the USA (decrease by 4% to 19.4 million tons ), the fifth - to Russia (decreased by 1.3% to 18.7 million tons), the sixth - to South Korea (decreased by 1.5% to 16.7 million tons), the seventh - to Germany (decreased by 5.8 % to 9.2 million tons), the eighth - to Brazil (decrease by 6.8% to 8 million tons), the ninth - to Turkey (decrease by 21.5% to 7.4 million tons), the tenth - to Italy (decrease by 6% to 5.6 million tons).

World steel production in January-March amounted to 459.3 million tons, which is by 0.09% lower than in January-March 2022.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Ukraine took 24th place in the ranking of the Worldsteel international association in terms of steel production in 2022.