Global crude steel production fell 5.1% year-on-year in April

The World Steel Association (WSA) releases data on global crude steel production for April. In April, the crude steel output of the 64 countries and regions included in the statistics of the World Steel Association was 162.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.1%.
In April, the crude steel output in Africa was 1.2 million tons, down 5.4% year-on-year; the crude steel output in Asia and Oceania was 121.4 million tons, down 4.0% year-on-year; the EU (27 countries) crude steel output was 12.3 million tons, down 5.4% year-on-year ; Middle East crude steel production was 3.3 million tons, down 14.5% year-on-year; North American crude steel production was 9.4 million tons, down 5.1% year-on-year; Russia and other CIS countries and Ukraine produced 7.3 million tons, down 18.4% year-on-year %; crude steel production in other European countries was 4.2 million tons, up 0.5% year-on-year; crude steel production in South America was 3.6 million tons, down 4.8% year-on-year.
From the perspective of the top 10 steel-producing countries (regions), in April, the crude steel output of mainland China was 92.8 million tons, down 5.2% year-on-year; India's crude steel output was 10.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%; Japan's crude steel output was 750 tons 10,000 tons, down 4.4% year-on-year; U.S. crude steel production was 6.9 million tons, down 3.9% year-on-year; Russia's estimated crude steel production was 6.4 million tons, up 0.6% year-on-year; South Korea's crude steel production was 5.5 million tons, down 4.1% year-on-year %; Turkey's crude steel output was 3.4 million tons, an increase of 1.6% year-on-year; Germany's crude steel output was 3.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.1%; Brazil's crude steel output was 2.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.0%; Iran's estimated crude steel output It was 2.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 20.7%.