List of countries by Steel production - wikipedia List of countries by Steel production For the company - oriented account, see List of steel producers. This article summarizes the world steel production by country. In 2017, total world crude steel production was 1,691.2 million tonnes ( Mt ). The biggest steel producing country is currently China, which accounted for 49.2 % of world steel production in 2017. In 2008, 2009, 2015 and 2016 output fell in the majority of steel - producing countries as a result of the global recession. In 2010 and 2017, it started to rise again. Contents 1 List of countries by steel production 2 Exports 3 Imports 4 See also 5 References 6 External links List of countries by Steel production This is a list of countries by steel production in 1967, 1980, 1990, 2000 and from 2007 to 2017, based on data provided by the World Steel Association. All countries with annual production of crude steel at least 2 million metric tons are listed. Crude steel production ( million metric tons ) : Rank ( 2017 ) Country / Region 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2000 1980 1967 -- World 1691.2 1606.3 1620.4 1670.1 1649.3 1552.9 1490.1 1413.6 1219.7 1326.5 1351.3 850.1 770.4 716.4 497.2 People 's Republic of China 831.7 786.9 803.8 822.7 779.0 724.7 683.3 626.7 573.6 500.3 494.9 128.5 66.4 37.1 14.0 - European Union 168.7 162.3 166.2 169.3 166.4 168.6 177.7 172.8 139.3 198.2 210.2 193.5 191.8 208.0 n / a Japan 104.7 104.8 105.2 110.7 110.6 107.2 107.6 109.6 87.5 118.7 120.2 106.4 110.3 111.4 62.0 India 101.4 95.5 89.6 87.3 81.2 77.3 72.2 68.3 62.8 57.8 53.5 26.9 15.0 9.5 6.3 United States 81.6 78.5 78.9 88.2 87.0 88.6 86.2 80.6 58.2 91.4 98.1 101.8 89.7 101.4 115.0 5 Russia 71.3 70.5 71.1 71.5 69.4 70.6 68.7 66.9 60.0 68.5 72.4 59.1 n / a n / a n / a 6 South Korea 71.1 68.6 69.7 71.5 66.0 69.3 68.5 58.5 48.6 53.6 51.5 43.1 23.1 8.5 0.3 7 Germany 43.6 42.1 42.7 42.9 42.6 42.7 44.3 43.8 32.7 45.8 48.6 46.4 44.0 51.1 41.3 8 Turkey 37.5 33.2 31.5 34.0 34.7 35.9 34.1 29.0 25.3 26.8 25.8 14.3 9.4 2.5 1.0 9 Brazil 34.4 30.2 33.3 33.9 34.2 34.7 35.2 32.8 26.5 33.7 33.8 27.9 20.6 15.3 3.6 10 Italy 24.0 23.3 22.0 23.7 24.1 27.2 28.7 25.8 19.7 30.6 31.6 26.8 25.5 26.5 15.9 11 Taiwan 23.2 21.8 21.4 23.1 22.3 20.7 20.2 19.8 15.8 19.9 20.9 12 Ukraine 22.7 24.2 22.9 27.2 32.8 32.9 35.3 33.6 29.9 37.3 42.8 31.8 54.6 52.3 n / a 13 Iran 21.8 17.9 16.1 16.3 15.4 14.5 13.0 12.0 10.9 10.0 10.1 6.6 1.4 0.5 - 14 Mexico 20.0 19.0 18.3 19.0 18.2 18.1 18.1 17.0 14.2 17.2 17.6 15.6 8.7 7.1 3.0 15 France 15.5 14.6 15.0 16.1 15.7 15.6 15.8 15.4 12.8 17.9 19.3 21.0 19.0 23.1 19.6 16 Spain 14.5 13.6 14.9 14.3 13.7 13.6 15.6 16.3 14.3 18.6 19.0 15.8 12.9 12.8 4.5 17 Canada 13.7 12.7 12.5 12.7 12.4 13.5 13.1 13.0 9.0 14.8 15.6 16.6 12.3 15.9 8.8 18 Poland 10.3 8.9 9.1 8.6 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.0 7.2 9.7 10.6 10.5 13.6 19.5 10.4 19 Vietnam 10.3 7.8 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.3 4.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 - 20 Austria 8.1 7.4 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.5 7.2 5.7 7.6 7.6 5.7 4.3 4.6 3.0 21 Belgium 7.7 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.1 5.6 10.7 10.7 11.6 11.5 12.3 9.7 22 United Kingdom 7.5 7.6 10.8 12.1 11.9 9.6 9.5 9.7 10.1 13.5 14.3 15.2 17.8 11.3 24.3 23 Egypt 6.8 5.0 5.5 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.7 5.5 6.2 6.2 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.4 24 Netherlands 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.7 5.2 6.8 7.4 5.7 5.4 5.3 3.4 25 South Africa 6.3 6.1 7.6 6.6 7.2 7.1 6.7 8.5 7.5 8.3 9.1 8.5 8.7 9.1 3.7 26 Australia 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.9 6.4 7.3 5.2 7.6 7.9 7.1 6.6 7.6 6.3 27 Slovakia 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.6 3.7 4.5 5.1 3.7 5.1 n / a n / a 28 Pakistan 5.0 3.6 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 - - 29 Saudi Arabia 4.8 5.5 5.7 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 3.0 1.8 0.1 - 30 Indonesia 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.4 2.6 2.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.1 2.9 2.8 0.5 - 31 Sweden 4.7 4.62 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.8 2.8 5.2 5.7 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.7 32 Argentina 4.6 4.1 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.7 5.1 4.0 5.5 5.4 4.5 3.6 2.7 1.3 33 Czech Republic 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.2 4.6 6.4 7.1 6.2 9.7 n / a n / a 34 Thailand 4.5 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.6 3.3 4.2 3.7 3.6 5.2 5.6 2.1 0.7 0.5 - 35 Kazakhstan 4.4 4.2 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.7 7.4 n / a n / a 36 Finland 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.1 4.4 4.4 4.1 2.9 2.5 0.4 37 Romania 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.8 3.9 2.7 5.0 6.3 4.7 9.7 13.2 4.1 38 United Arab Emirates 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - n / a 39 Malaysia 2.8 2.8 3.8 4.3 4.7 5.6 5.9 4.1 4.0 6.4 6.9 3.7 1.1 0.2 0.1 40 Qatar 2.6 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 - 41 Belarus 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.5 - - 42 Luxembourg 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.9 2.6 3.6 4.6 4.5 Portugal n / a 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.3 Soviet Union - - - - - - - - - - - - 154.9 ( 1 ) 148 ( 2 ) 96.9 -- Others n / a n / a n / a n / a 28.4 29.5 29.9 26.5 ( est. ) 23.3 ( est. ) 28.6 ( est. ) 30.7 ( est. ) n / a n / a n / a n / a Exports net : exports - imports Top steel exporters in 2017 Rank Country Mt China 74.8 Japan 37.5 South Korea 31.4 Russia 31.1 5 European Union 31.1 6 Germany 26.4 7 Italy 18.2 8 Belgium 18.1 9 Turkey 16.6 10 India 16.3 11 Brazil 15.3 12 Ukraine 15.2 13 France 14.8 14 Taiwan 12.1 15 Netherlands 10.9 16 United States 10.2 Top steel net exporters in 2017 Rank Country Mt China 60.9 Japan 31.2 Russia 24.9 Ukraine 13.8 5 Brazil 13.0 6 South Korea 12.0 7 India 7.5 8 Taiwan 4.7 9 Iran 4.4 10 Belgium 4.0 11 Austria 3.3 12 Slovakia 2.2 13 Netherlands 2.1 Imports net : imports - exports Top steel importers in 2017 Rank Country Volume European Union 41.2 United States 35.4 Germany 27.1 Italy 20.1 5 South Korea 19.3 6 Vietnam 16.2 7 Turkey 15.8 8 France 15.1 9 Thailand 14.5 10 Belgium 14.1 11 China 13.9 12 Mexico 13.5 13 Indonesia 11.0 14 Poland 10.7 15 Spain 9.9 16 India 8.9 Top steel net importers in 2017 Rank Country Volume United States 25.2 Thailand 12.6 Vietnam 12.3 European Union 10.1 5 Indonesia 8.7 6 Mexico 8.6 7 Philippines 7.3 8 Malaysia 6.0 9 Algeria 4.6 10 Poland 4.5 11 Pakistan 3.8 12 United Arab Emirates 3.8 13 Saudi Arabia 3.5 14 United Kingdom 3.1 15 Israel 2.8 See also Steel industry Global steel industry trends List of steel producers List of countries by iron ore production References ^ Jump up to : `` World crude steel output increases by 5.3 % in 2017 ''. 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Jump up ^ composition of other countries vary year to year, thus is not comparable Jump up ^ https://www.worldsteel.org/en/dam/jcr:f9359dff-9546-4d6b-bed0-996201185b12/World+Steel+in+Figures+2018.pdf ^ Jump up to : excluding intra-regional trade Jump up ^ https://www.worldsteel.org/en/dam/jcr:f9359dff-9546-4d6b-bed0-996201185b12/World+Steel+in+Figures+2018.pdf Jump up ^ https://www.worldsteel.org/en/dam/jcr:f9359dff-9546-4d6b-bed0-996201185b12/World+Steel+in+Figures+2018.pdf Jump up ^ https://www.worldsteel.org/en/dam/jcr:f9359dff-9546-4d6b-bed0-996201185b12/World+Steel+in+Figures+2018.pdf External links World Steel Association American Iron and Steel Institute Lists of countries by industrial output rankings Metallurgy Aluminium Al O Bauxite Bismuth Copper smelter Gold Iron ore Lithium Magnesium Manganese Mercury Palladium Platinum Silver Steel Tin Titanium Uranium reserves Zinc Mineral Antimony Bentonite Feldspar Fluorite Silicon Salt Emissions CO per capita GDP per Greenhouse gas per capita Others Manufacturing Cement Motor vehicles Paper Refrigerators Washing machines List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country Lists by country Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_steel_production&oldid=853839764 '' Categories : Steel industry by country Lists of countries by production Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from December 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links CS1 maint : Archived copy as title Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bosanski Deutsch Español فارسی Nederlands 日本 語 Русский Shqip Slovenščina தமிழ் ไทย Українська اردو 中文 6 more Edit links This page was last edited on 7 August 2018, at 08 : 21 ( UTC ). 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Question: where does the majority of steel come from
Answer: China