In December, the global crude steel output decreased by 3% year-on-year, and China's output accounted for 54.3%

According to the latest statistics released by the world iron and Steel Association, in December 2021, the crude steel output of 64 major countries and regions included in the statistics of the world iron and Steel Association was 15874.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3%; In December, the global average daily crude steel output was 5.211 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 157000 tons. In December, except for Chinese mainland, the crude steel output in other parts of the world was 72 million 553 thousand tons, an increase of 1.98% over the same period last year.

By region, the output of crude steel in Asia was the highest in December, with 155.93 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.4%; Followed by the EU region (27 countries), with 11.113 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.4%; The third is North America, with 9.701 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%; Followed by CIS countries (6 countries), 8.928 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3%; Other European countries 4.258 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%; 3.942 million tons in the Middle East, a year-on-year increase of 22.1%; 3.452 million tons in South America, a year-on-year decrease of 8.7%; 1.229 million tons in Africa, a year-on-year decrease of 9.6%; Oceania 526000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.3%.

By country, the top 10 countries in the global crude steel output in December were China, India, Japan, the United States, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, Germany, Iran and Brazil. The total crude steel output of this country in December was 136.62 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.54%, accounting for 85.8% of the global crude steel output. Among them, China's crude steel output in December was 86.19 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%, Accounting for 54.3% of global crude steel production in December.