Ukraine took 35th place in the rating 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 results of production in January, Ukraine took the 35th position among 64 steel-producing countries having produced 0.28 million tons, down 6.5 times year over year.
The first place traditionally belongs to China: Chinese metallurgists smelted 79.45 million steel in January, which is 2.3% higher than in January 2022.
China's share in world steel production is 54.7%.
The second place belongs to India (production decreased by 0.2% to 10.9 million tons), the third place to Japan (decrease by 6.9% to 7.2 million tons), the fourth place to the United States (decrease by 6.8% to 6.5 million tons), the fifth - Russia (decreased by 8.9% to 5.8 million tons), the sixth - South Korea (decreased by 9.8% to 5.5 million tons), the seventh - Germany (decreased by 10.2% to 2.9 million tons), eighth - Brazil (decreased by 4.9% to 2.8 million tons), ninth - Iran (increased by 27.7% to 2.7 million tons), and the tenth – Turkiye (decreased by 17.6% to 2.6 million tons).
Global steel production in January amounted to 145.25 million tons, down 3.3% year over year.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Ukraine took 24th place in the ranking of the international association Worldsteel in terms of steel production in 2022.
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