Ukraine took 31st place in the rating of the Worldsteel international association by the volume of steel production in January-February.
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-February, Ukraine took the 31st position among 64 countries - producers of steel with a result of 0.71 million tons, which is 4.8 times lower than the indicator of January-February 2022.
The first place traditionally belongs to China: Chinese metallurgists smelted 168.70 million tons of steel in January, which is by 5.6% higher than in January-February 2022.
China's share in world steel production is 56.7%.
The second place belongs to India (production increased by 1.1% to 14.1 million tons), the third place - to Japan (decrease by 6.1% to 14.1 million tons), the fourth place - to the USA (decrease by 5.7% to 12.6 million tons), the fifth - to Russia (decreased by 5.4% to 11.7 million tons), the sixth - to South Korea (decreased by 1.1% to 11.1 million tons), the seventh - to Germany (decreased by 8.6% to 5.9 million tons), the eighth - to Brazil (decreased by 5.8% to 5.3 million tons), the ninth - to Iran (decreased by 21.1% to 5.1 million tons), the tenth - to Turkey (decreased by 23.1% to 4.7 million tons).
World steel production in January-February amounted to 297.79 million tons, which is by 0.79% lower than in January-February 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.
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