Lok Sabha Question No. 145 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-17
Subject: Steel Production
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL, HARISH DWIVEDI, NEELAM SONKER, PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.145 FOR ANSWER ON 17/07/2017

## STEEL PRODUCTION

145. SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the production of raw Steel and annual increase therein during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) whether the said increase is sufficient for present demand in the country and to meet its export demand;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  financial  requirement  of  the  sector  to  achieve these targets;
- (d) the total quantity of raw Steel exported during each of the said period, country-wise; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  production  of  steel  in  the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

- (a) Data on crude steel production by India during the last three years i.e. 2014-15, 201516, 2016-17 and April-May 2017-18 is given below:-

| Year                                         | Crude steel production (mt)                  | Annual Increase i.e. %change over last year(%)   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15                                      | 88.98                                        | 8.9                                              |
| 2015-16                                      | 89.79                                        | 0.9                                              |
| 2016-17*                                     | 97.44                                        | 8.5                                              |
| April-May 2017*                              | 16.44                                        | 4.8                                              |
| Source: JPC; *Provisional; mt=million tonnes | Source: JPC; *Provisional; mt=million tonnes | Source: JPC; *Provisional; mt=million tonnes     |

Data on finished steel production by India during the last three years i.e. 2014-15, 201516, 2016-17 and April-May, 2017-18 is given below:-

| Year                                         | Total Finished Steel Production for sale(mt)   | Annual Increase i.e. %change over last year(%)   |
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15                                      | 92.16                                          | 5.1                                              |
| 2015-16                                      | 90.98                                          | -1.3                                             |
| 2016-17*                                     | 100.74                                         | 10.7                                             |
| April-May 2017*                              | 17.48                                          | 6.4                                              |
| Source: JPC; *Provisional; mt=million tonnes | Source: JPC; *Provisional; mt=million tonnes   | Source: JPC; *Provisional; mt=million tonnes     |

(b)&(c): Consumption of finished steel grew by 2.6% in 2016-17 whereas production grew by 8.5%  over  previous  financial  year.  India  was  net  exporter  of  steel  in  2016-17  and  thus production of finished steel was sufficient to meet its present demand in the country and also for exports.

(d) Quantity  of  finished  steel  exported  during  each  of  the  said  period  -  country-wise  is annexed herewith.

(e) Steel being a de-regulated sector, the role of Government is that of a facilitator only, which lays down the policy guidelines and establishes the institutional mechanism/structure for creating conducive environment for improving efficiency and performance of the steel sector. In this role, the Government has released the National Steel Policy 2017, which has laid down the broad roadmap for encouraging long term growth for the Indian steel industry.

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| EXPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)   | EXPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)   | EXPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)   | EXPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)   | Annexure-I      |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| Country                                        | 2014-15                                        | 2015-16                                        | 2016-17*                                       | April-May 2017* |
| AUSTRALIA                                      | 49.29                                          | 29.38                                          | 35.65                                          | 5.59            |
| BAHARIN                                        | 8.48                                           | 12.41                                          | 7.60                                           | 0.95            |
| BANGLADESH                                     | 136.5                                          | 55.06                                          | 137.52                                         | 17.9            |
| BELGIUM                                        | 198.39                                         | 287.42                                         | 1112.31                                        | 173.57          |
| BRAZIL                                         | 42.95                                          | 11.98                                          | 42.93                                          | 11.35           |
| CANADA                                         | 132.95                                         | 17.32                                          | 33.64                                          | 5.87            |
| CHILE                                          | 9.51                                           | 18.35                                          | 11.8                                           | 0.56            |
| CHINA                                          | 3.32                                           | 3.92                                           | 4.00                                           | 0.45            |
| COLOMBIA                                       | 34.03                                          | 15.90                                          | 18.47                                          | 4.63            |
| CONGO                                          | 3.83                                           | 3.25                                           | 1.39                                           | 0.1             |
| DENMARK                                        | 9.69                                           | 8.90                                           | 5.63                                           | 1.08            |
| DJIBOUTI                                       | 21.45                                          | 22.98                                          | 32.06                                          | 2.97            |
| ECUADOR                                        | 31.99                                          | 16.78                                          | 42.77                                          | 5.49            |
| EGYPT                                          | 9.82                                           | 17.30                                          | 11.93                                          | 20.67           |
| ETHIOPIA                                       | 133.58                                         | 157.82                                         | 147.64                                         | 22.63           |
| FINLAND                                        | 0.59                                           | 14.33                                          | 3.30                                           | 0.76            |
| FRANCE                                         | 9.46                                           | 19.75                                          | 15.44                                          | 0.84            |
| GERMANY                                        | 54.84                                          | 47.13                                          | 68.67                                          | 9.22            |
| GHANA                                          | 39.25                                          | 41.24                                          | 47.52                                          | 6               |
| GREECE                                         | 12.2                                           | 46.57                                          | 19.58                                          | 3.25            |
| INDONESIA                                      | 83.87                                          | 118.33                                         | 233.77                                         | 54.34           |
| IRAN                                           | 495.8                                          | 321.43                                         | 144.01                                         | 20.59           |
| IRAQ                                           | 8.27                                           | 30.84                                          | 3.01                                           | 0.64            |
| ISRAEL ITALY                                   | 5.47                                           | 6.66                                           | 7.31                                           | 1.27            |
|                                                | 470.86                                         | 345.41                                         | 942.92                                         | 205.39          |
| JAPAN                                          | 0.48                                           | 0.56                                           | 0.64                                           | 0.17            |
| JORDAN                                         | 0.73                                           | 1.89                                           | 0.53                                           | 0.01            |
| KENYA                                          | 61.28                                          | 45.65                                          | 30.55                                          | 3.74 10.09      |
| KOREA KUWAIT                                   | 26.63 12.83                                    | 26.57                                          | 34.9                                           | 2.24            |
|                                                |                                                | 28.16                                          | 36.66 12.74                                    | 0.56            |
| MADAGASCAR                                     | 11.81                                          | 15.91                                          | 391.72                                         | 37.6            |
| MALAYASIA MALDIVES                             | 96.55 4.32                                     | 46.31 9.17                                     | 15.26                                          | 1.56            |
| MEXICO                                         | 45.29                                          | 52.66                                          | 169.53                                         | 37.69           |
| MOROCCO                                        | 1.44                                           | 2.52                                           | 6.08 68.99                                     | 0.22            |
| MYANMAR NEPAL                                  | 29.48 236.35                                   | 18.49 310.54                                   | 464.73                                         | 10.67 59.16     |
| NIGERIA                                        | 30.36                                          | 39.37                                          | 11.39                                          | 4.46            |
| PERU                                           | 44.33                                          | 71.16                                          | 40.25                                          | 6.5             |
| PHILIPPINES                                    | 6.08                                           | 7.20                                           | 14.45                                          | 0.88            |
| POLAND                                         | 34.56                                          |                                                |                                                | 39.34           |
| QATAR                                          | 11.55                                          | 39.19                                          | 64.94                                          | 4.74            |
| ROMANIA                                        | 27.69                                          | 9.03 27.24                                     | 17.78 20.75                                    | 5.61            |
| RUSSIA                                         | 27.85                                          | 20.56                                          | 23.45                                          | 5.64            |
| SAUDI ARABIA                                   | 248.86                                         | 60.50                                          | 118.57                                         | 35.29           |
| SOUTH AFRICA                                   | 36.89                                          | 19.60                                          | 56.94                                          | 5.2             |
| SPAIN                                          | 180.41                                         | 155.44                                         | 440.06                                         | 103.08          |
| SRI LANKA                                      | 138                                            | 100.51                                         | 140.15                                         | 27.25           |
| SWEDEN                                         | 4.48                                           | 3.16                                           | 9.45                                           | 7.71            |
| TAIWAN                                         | 129.46                                         | 12.90                                          | 70.67                                          | 18.27           |
| TANZANIA                                       | 41.18 188.13                                   | 25.75 69.80                                    | 9.33 126.4                                     | 1.32 40.38      |
| THAILAND                                       |                                                |                                                |                                                |                 |
| TURKEY                                         | 49.66                                          | 44.66                                          | 74.61                                          | 26.12 22.5      |
| U.K.                                           | 64.56                                          | 39.34                                          | 172.92                                         |                 |
| UAE                                            | 606.05                                         | 315.93                                         | 674.44                                         | 106.71          |
| UKRAINE                                        | 10.89 501.29                                   | 1.05 295.63                                    | 3.21 273.58                                    | 0.66 76.15      |
| USA                                            |                                                |                                                |                                                |                 |
| VIETNAM                                        | 163.12                                         | 38.11                                          | 961.26                                         | 31.25 79.12     |
| OTHERS                                         | 516.03                                         | 453.97                                         | 557.00                                         |                 |
| TOTAL                                          | 5595                                           |                                                | 8245                                           | 1388            |
| Source: JPC' *provisional                      |                                                | 4079                                           |                                                |                 |