Lok Sabha Question No. 817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Steel Production
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, SRINIVAS KESINENI, DHARMENDRA YADAV, JAYADEV GALLA

## STEEL PRODUCTION

817. SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI KESINENI NANI: SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV: SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

(a) the  comparative  details  of  the  production  capacity  and  actual  production  of iron ore and steel in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;

(b) the details of iron ore and steel imported and exported during the said period, country-wise;

(c) whether  there  has  been  significant  increase  or  decrease  in  the  import  and export of iron ore and steel during the said period, if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to enhance steel production and export?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

(a)          Details of the capacity and production of crude steel and production of iron ore in the country during the last three year and current year are as under:

(in million tonnes)

| Year              | Crude Steel   | Crude Steel   | Iron Ore   |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|                   | Capacity      | Production    | Production |
| 2013-14           | 102.26        | 81.69         | 152.18     |
| 2014-15           | 109.85        | 88.98         | 128.91     |
| 2015-16           | 121.97        | 89.79         | 155.59     |
| April-Sept, 2016* | 121.97        | 47.98         | 84.09      |

Source: JPC/IBM, * provisional.

(b) The details of import and export of total finished steel and iron ore during the last three year and the current year, country-wise are at Annexure .

(c) Details of import and export of total finished steel and iron ore in the country during the last three year and current year are shown in table:

## (in million tonnes)

| Year     | Total Finished Steel   | Total Finished Steel   | Iron Ore   | Iron Ore   |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------|------------|------------|
|          | Import                 | Export                 | Import     | Export     |
| 2013-14  | 5.45                   | 5.98                   | 0.367      | 16.30      |
| 2014-15  | 9.32                   | 5.59                   | 12.09      | 7.30       |
| 2015-16  | 11.71                  | 4.08                   | 7.09       | 5.32       |
| 2016-17@ | 3.59*                  | 3.03*                  | 1.591 #    | 7.583 #    |

(@ provisional, * April- Sept., 2016, # April-Aug., 2016)

The  above  data  on  import  and  export  of  total  finished  steel  indicates  a significant rise in imports and decline in exports during the last three years whereas in case of iron ore, it indicates a decline in exports but fluctuation trends in import of iron ore.

(d) The  following  are  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  enhance  steel production and export:

- i) The  Government  has  launched  the  'Make-in-India'  initiative  to  focus  on manufacturing and infrastructure, which facilitates promoting the demand and consumption of steel in the country.
2. ii) The public sector enterprises in the steel sector have undertaken expansion and modernization of their steel plants to increase production of steel.
3. iii) To ensure that only quality steel is produced and imported, Government has notified  Steel  and  Steel  Product  (Quality  Control)  Orders  dated  12.03.2012 and 04.12.2015.
4. iv) Government has notified Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment  Act,  2015  to  streamline  grant  of  Mining  Leases  in  order  to maintain sufficient availability of raw materials for the various sectors including steel sector.
- v) To provide level playing field to the domestic steel producers, Government has imposed Minimum Import Price (MIP) on 173 steel products.

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IMPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000t )

## Annexure

| COUNTRY      |   2011-12 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   April-Sept. 2016-17* |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|
| ARGENTINA    |      2.06 |       2.1 |       0.5 |      0.82 |       0.5 |                   0    |
| AUSTRALIA    |     53.82 |       8.4 |       5.1 |      8.28 |       3.9 |                   1.23 |
| BAHRAIN      |     25.85 |       7   |       0.8 |      0.22 |       0.1 |                   0.01 |
| BELGIUM      |    171.06 |     168.2 |      94.8 |    126.13 |      95.7 |                  40.12 |
| BRAZIL       |      0    |     144.3 |      70   |    128.87 |     186.8 |                  19.55 |
| CANADA       |     25.32 |      34.7 |      18.1 |      7.31 |       6.6 |                   2.15 |
| CHILE        |      0.55 |       0.1 |       0.1 |      0.02 |       0   |                   0    |
| CHINA        |   1503.36 |    1688.2 |    1088.4 |   3600.42 |    4125.2 |                1081.88 |
| DENMARK      |      3.61 |       3.5 |       1   |      4.78 |       3.9 |                   2.13 |
| DJIBOUTI     |      0    |       0.1 |       0   |      0    |       0.6 |                   0    |
| FINLAND      |     15.78 |      12.4 |      13.8 |     11.8  |      11.8 |                   3.83 |
| FRANCE       |    262.96 |     126.7 |      36.5 |    155.84 |      66.4 |                  77.28 |
| GERMANY      |    270.01 |     569.5 |     186   |    149.03 |     197.3 |                  87.9  |
| HONGKONG     |      0.48 |       3.2 |       0.4 |      1.5  |       0.6 |                   1.92 |
| INDONESIA    |      5.45 |       5.5 |       2.3 |     14.41 |     242.8 |                   7.69 |
| IRAN         |     34.73 |     129.2 |     100.7 |      0    |      20.7 |                  16.87 |
| ITALY        |     96.23 |      83.1 |      25.2 |     54.95 |      28.3 |                  15.47 |
| JAPAN        |    917.16 |    1545   |    1355.7 |   1583.31 |    2160.4 |                 559.24 |
| KAZAKHSTAN   |      0    |      14.1 |       8.1 |      8.93 |       4.9 |                   6.8  |
| KOREA        |   1239.42 |    1576.7 |    1312.6 |   1874.93 |    3007.3 |                1002.47 |
| KUWAIT       |      0.55 |       0.3 |       0.1 |      1.79 |       0   |                   0    |
| MALAYASIA    |     28.11 |      45.3 |      29.9 |     95.99 |      53.1 |                   0    |
| NETHERLANDS  |     14.98 |      25.7 |      21.6 |     40.21 |      16   |                   5.2  |
| ROMANIA      |     22.37 |      10.4 |      26.2 |     11.14 |       1.9 |                   0.68 |
| RUSSIA       |    389.65 |     326.6 |     145.9 |    226.02 |     364.4 |                 215.42 |
| SAUDI ARABIA |    117.29 |      41   |      47.8 |      4.19 |       0.8 |                   0    |
| SOUTH AFRICA |     67.43 |      57.9 |      44.1 |     71.47 |      51.8 |                  14.37 |
| SPAIN        |    124.16 |      73.5 |      21.1 |     29.67 |      28.3 |                  12.95 |
| SRI LANKA    |      0.25 |       0.3 |       0.2 |      0.12 |       0.4 |                   0    |
| TAIWAN       |     99.23 |     200.1 |     118.8 |    190.33 |     202.4 |                 100.2  |
| THAILAND     |     34.78 |      18.3 |      21.9 |     15.93 |      41.9 |                  25.89 |
| TURKEY       |     28.79 |      36.3 |      14.1 |     29.09 |       1.2 |                   0.48 |
| U.K.         |     72.15 |      63.3 |      28   |     30.26 |      30.7 |                  10.97 |
| UAE          |     64.98 |      41.1 |      19.6 |     34.14 |      36.4 |                  16.02 |
| UKRAINE      |    464.35 |     419.7 |     323   |    348.77 |     238.3 |                  25.77 |
| USA          |    153.48 |     116.8 |      79.3 |    120.12 |      82.5 |                  42.31 |
| Others       |    552.6  |     326.4 |     188.7 |    339.24 |     397   |                 200    |
| Total        |   6863    |    7925   |    5450   |   9320    |   11711   |                3597    |

## EXPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)

| Country      | 2011-12      | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15      | 2015-16      | Apr-Sept. 2016-17*   |
|--------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|
| AUSTRALIA    | 19.38        | 10.6      | 48.3      | 49.29        | 29.38        | 26.46                |
| BAHARIN      | 20.53        | 94.9      | 14.7      | 8.48         | 12.41        | 0.00                 |
| BANGLADESH   | 23.65        | 92.6      | 95.9      | 136.5        | 55.06        | 63.77                |
| BELGIUM      | 497.64       | 350.8     | 395.0     | 198.39       | 287.42       | 421.90               |
| BRAZIL       | 15.79        | 22.5      | 37.6      | 42.95        | 11.98        | 0.00                 |
| CANADA       | 51.35        | 28.2      | 60.6      | 132.95       | 17.32        | 14.17                |
| CHILE        | 12.49        | 15.5      | 18.3      | 9.51         | 18.35        | 6.16                 |
| CHINA        | 66.78        | 4.2       | 11.2      | 3.32         | 3.92         | 0.00                 |
| COLOMBIA     | 22.88        | 18.2      | 34.5      | 34.03        | 15.90        | 8.37                 |
| CONGO        | 9.68         | 12.6      | 6.8       | 3.83         | 3.25         | 0.00                 |
| DENMARK      | 2.23         | 14.3      | 2.2       | 9.69         | 8.90         | 0.00                 |
| DJIBOUTI     | 40.57        | 32.6      | 18.1      | 21.45        | 22.98        | 18.03                |
| ECUADOR      | 26.91        | 49.2      | 47.9      | 31.99        | 16.78        | 17.44                |
| EGYPT        | 9.74         | 10.6      | 33.4      | 9.82         | 17.30        | 6.14                 |
| ETHIOPIA     | 50.32        | 99.3      | 109.8     | 133.58       | 157.82       | 103.48               |
| FINLAND      | 1.35         | 1.9       | 0.4       | 0.59         | 14.33        | 0.00                 |
| FRANCE       | 16.82        | 21.4      | 7.6       | 9.46         | 19.75        | 11.38                |
| GERMANY      | 36.81        | 33.4      | 28.8      | 54.84        | 47.13        | 28.50                |
| GHANA        | 62.89        | 63.0      | 68.9      | 39.25        | 41.24        | 25.78                |
| GREECE       | 2.55         | 6.6       | 10.0      | 12.2         | 46.57        | 10.09                |
| INDONESIA    | 105.04       | 73.9      | 126.5     | 83.87        | 118.33       | 94.52                |
| IRAN         | 158.76       | 110.5     | 179.9     | 495.8        | 321.43       | 21.35                |
| IRAQ         | 79.82        | 10.3      | 19.6      | 8.27         | 30.84        | 0.00                 |
| ISRAEL       | 2.7          | 2.6       | 3.7       | 5.47         | 6.66         | 0.00                 |
| ITALY        | 162.52       | 244.3     | 442.1     | 470.86       | 345.41       | 265.83               |
| JAPAN        | 0.21         | 2.1       | 0.7       | 0.48         | 0.56         | 0.00                 |
| JORDAN       | 8.77         | 13.7      | 3.4       | 0.73         | 1.89         | 0.00                 |
| KENYA        | 118.42       | 199.6     | 197.6     | 61.28        | 45.65        | 12.03                |
| KOREA        | 9.97         | 39.8      | 24.7      | 26.63        | 26.57        | 12.33                |
| KUWAIT       | 41.93        | 41.4      | 26.7      | 12.83        | 28.16        | 26.57                |
| MADAGASCAR   | 16.56        | 17.5      | 0.0       | 11.81        | 15.91        | 7.77                 |
| MALAYASIA    | 30.6         | 63.4      | 70.3      | 96.55        | 46.31        | 145.50               |
| MALDIVES     | 8.43         | 7.3       | 3.6       | 4.32         | 9.17         | 0.00                 |
| MEXICO       | 11.21        | 6.3       | 35.3      | 45.29        | 52.66        | 87.22                |
| MOROCCO      | 0.69         | 0.4       | 0.6       | 1.44         | 2.52         | 0.00                 |
| MYANMAR      | 81.08 0.43   | 41.7 1.4  | 50.7 75.7 | 29.48 236.35 | 18.49 310.54 | 23.08 233.43         |
| NEPAL        |              | 88.1      |           |              | 39.37        |                      |
| NIGERIA      | 95.26        |           | 109.1     | 30.36        | 71.16        | 0.00                 |
| PERU         | 64.54        | 60.7      | 28.2      | 44.33        |              | 21.89                |
| PHILIPPINES  | 17.3         | 7.1       | 11.9      | 6.08         | 7.20 39.19   | 0.00                 |
| POLAND QATAR | 9.27 9.2     | 15.3 15.1 | 36.1 14.7 | 34.56 11.55  | 9.03         | 26.91 11.68          |
| ROMANIA      | 24.5         | 27.3      | 28.0      | 27.69        | 27.24        | 9.22                 |
| RUSSIA       | 42.1         | 86.9      | 71.3      | 27.85        | 20.56        | 10.00                |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 163.16       | 287.2     | 319.3     | 248.86       | 60.50        | 48.12                |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 58.26        | 88.5      | 56.3      | 36.89        | 19.60        | 6.27                 |
| SPAIN        | 277.27       | 186.7     | 145.3     | 180.41       | 155.44       | 184.53               |
| SRI LANKA    | 133.85       | 115.9     | 127.8     | 138          | 100.51       |                      |
|              | 4.19         | 4.5       |           |              |              | 60.61                |
| SWEDEN       | 49.4         | 27.9      | 4.5       | 4.48 129.46  | 3.16 12.90   | 7.61 21.21           |
| TAIWAN       | 55.62        | 93.4      | 79.7 80.1 | 41.18        | 25.75        | 0.00                 |
| TANZANIA     |              |           |           |              |              |                      |
| THAILAND     | 58.4         | 497.6     | 283.7     | 188.13       | 69.80        | 35.63                |
| TURKEY       | 19.95 30.88  | 34.0      | 34.9      | 49.66        | 44.66        | 57.92                |
| U.K.         |              | 22.2      | 121.4     | 64.56        | 39.34        | 63.46                |
| UAE          | 523.82       | 651.4     | 585.2     | 606.05       | 315.93       | 244.61 0.00          |
| UKRAINE USA  | 7.18 283.03  | 2.4 378.7 | 8.5 591.8 | 10.89 501.29 | 1.05 295.63  | 95.28                |
| VIETNAM      | 103.99       | 183.4     | 409.4     | 163.12       | 38.11        | 160.22               |
| OTHERS       | 729          | 635.4     | 526.8     | 516.03       | 453.97       | 274.00               |
| TOTAL        | 4588         |           | 5985      | 5595         |              | 3030                 |
| Source: JPC' | *provisional | 5367.94   |           |              | 4079.00      |                      |

## COUNTRY-WISE IMPORT OF IRON ORE

| COUNTRY      | 2013-14 QTY(TON)   | 2014-15 QTY(TON)   | 2015-16 QTY(TON)   | 2016-17 (APR TO JUNE) QTY(TON)   |
|--------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
| AUSTRALIA    | 43356              | 1996201            | 66797              | 2657                             |
| BAHARAIN IS  | 57134              |                    | 105454             | 64463                            |
| BRAZIL       |                    | 3418988            | 692976             |                                  |
| CANADA       |                    | 689735             |                    |                                  |
| CHILE        |                    | 8                  |                    |                                  |
| CHINA P RP   |                    | 10016              | 2                  |                                  |
| FINLAND      | 5055               | 5000               |                    |                                  |
| GERMANY      |                    | 0                  | 1                  |                                  |
| IRAN         | 131                |                    | 0                  |                                  |
| MALAYSIA     |                    | 146770             |                    |                                  |
| MALI         | 6823               |                    |                    |                                  |
| MAURITANIA   |                    | 297485             |                    |                                  |
| NETHERLAND   |                    |                    | 24                 |                                  |
| NICARAGUA    |                    | 1581               |                    |                                  |
| NIGER        |                    |                    | 0                  |                                  |
| NIGERIA      | 25                 |                    | 22                 |                                  |
| NORWAY       |                    |                    |                    | 71500                            |
| OMAN         |                    | 207322             | 1964860            |                                  |
| QATAR        |                    | 87698              |                    |                                  |
| RUSSIA       | 193917             | 49247              |                    |                                  |
| SAUDI ARAB   |                    |                    | 6000               |                                  |
| SENEGAL      | 14662              | 1928               |                    |                                  |
| SINGAPORE    |                    |                    | 7436               |                                  |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 41251              | 5044296            | 4251770            | 883753                           |
| SUDAN        | 1                  | 1                  | 0                  |                                  |
| SWEDEN       |                    | 21                 | 30                 |                                  |
| TURKEY       |                    | 500                |                    |                                  |
| U ARAB EMTS  |                    |                    | 21                 |                                  |
| U S A        |                    | 1                  | 0                  |                                  |
| UKRAINE      | 5000               | 53154              |                    |                                  |
| VENEZUELA    |                    | 80108              |                    |                                  |
| TOTAL        | 367355             | 12090060           | 7095393            | 1022373                          |

Source: Department of Commerce FIGURES FOR 2015-16 AND 2016-17 (APR TO JUNE) IS PROVISIONAL.

## COUNTRY-WISE EXPORT OF IRON ORE

| COUNTRY         | 2013-14 QTY(TON)   | 2014-15 QTY(TON)   | 2015-16 QTY(TON)   | 2016-17 (APR TO JUNE) QTY(TON)   |
|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
| AUSTRIA         |                    |                    | 2                  |                                  |
| BRAZIL          | 1                  |                    |                    |                                  |
| CANADA          |                    |                    | 7                  |                                  |
| CHINA P RP      | 13472720           | 4479425            | 5061373            | 5215774                          |
| EGYPT A RP      | 54340              |                    |                    |                                  |
| FINLAND         |                    |                    | 3                  |                                  |
| FRANCE          | 5                  |                    |                    |                                  |
| GERMANY         | 21                 |                    |                    |                                  |
| IRAN            | 34017              | 535245             | 290314             |                                  |
| JAPAN           | 1960847            | 1881987            |                    |                                  |
| KAZAKHSTAN      | 16                 |                    |                    |                                  |
| KENYA           |                    |                    |                    | 19360                            |
| KOREA RP        | 406687             | 512722             |                    |                                  |
| KUWAIT          |                    |                    | 108                |                                  |
| MALAYSIA        |                    |                    | 21340              |                                  |
| MAURITIUS       | 1                  |                    |                    |                                  |
| NEPAL           | 2975               | 2156               | 44172              | 6475                             |
| NIGERIA         | 3000               |                    |                    |                                  |
| OMAN            | 201811             | 27500              | 128                | 46918                            |
| PHILIPPINES     | 44                 |                    |                    |                                  |
| RUSSIA          |                    |                    | 80                 |                                  |
| SAUDI ARAB      | 28762              | 314                | 135                | 604                              |
| SOUTH AFRICA    |                    |                    | 7                  |                                  |
| SWITZERLAND     | 45000              |                    |                    |                                  |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 51914              | 648                | 21945              | 135                              |
| U S A           |                    | 15                 |                    |                                  |
| UNSPECIFIED     |                    | 50000              |                    |                                  |
| VIETNAM SOC REP | 39077              |                    | 4874               |                                  |
| TOTAL           | 16301238           | 7490012            | 5444488            | 5289266                          |

Source: Department of Commerce FIGURES FOR 2015-16 AND 2016-17 (APR TO JUNE) IS PROVISIONAL.