Ukraine takes 23rd place on Worldsteel rating in terms of steel production in January

Ukraine took 23rd place in the ranking of the international association Worldsteel in terms of steel production in January.

This follows from a statement by the Ukrmetalurgprom association, the Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to him, according to the production results in January, Ukraine took the 23rd position among 71 steel-producing countries with a result of 0.54 million tons, up 91.6% year over year.

The first place traditionally belongs to China: Chinese metallurgists smelted 77.24 million tons of steel in January, which is 6.93% lower than in January 2023.

China's share in world steel production is 52.2%.

The second place belongs to India (production increased by 7.3% to 12.5 million tons), the third place to Japan (increased by 0.6% to 7.3 million tons), the fourth place to the United States (decreased by 0.3% to 6.8 million tons), fifth - russia (increased by 1.3% to 6.2 million tons), sixth - South Korea (increased by 1.5% to 5.7 million tons), seventh - Turkiye (increased by 24.7% to 3.2 million tons), eighth - Germany (decreased by 0.9% to 2.9 million tons), ninth - Iran (increased by 39.3% to 2.6 million tons), tenth - Brazil (decreased by 7.2% to 2.5 million tons).

World steel production in 2023 was 1,849.73 million tons, down 0.02% year over year.

As the Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Ukraine took 23rd place in the ranking of the international association Worldsteel in terms of steel production in 2023.

Ukraine took 24th place in the ranking of the international association Worldsteel in terms of steel production in 2022.