In September, crude steel production in Asia totaled 102.9 million tons, down 2.1 percent year-on-year. China's production was 73.5 million tons, down 4.6 percent, while 6.4 million tons were produced by Japan, down 3.7 percent, 13.6 million tons were produced by India, up 13.2 percent, and 5 million tons were produced by South Korea, down 2.4 percent, year-on-year comparisons.
The EU-27 countries produced 10.1 million tons. tons of crude steel in September, down 4.5 percent year-on-year. by year. During the specified period, production in Germany amounted to 3 million tons, which is 0.6 percent less than last year.
In September, Turkey produced 3.2 million tons of unrefined steel, which is 3.3 percent more than in the same month of the previous year. Steel production in the CIS countries was recorded at 6.2 million tons, down 5.3 percent year-on-year, while projected production in Russia was 5.2 million tons, down 3.8 percent from last year.
In North America, steel production totaled 8.8 million tons, up 1.8 percent from last year, while the United States produced 6.9 million tons, up 6.7 percent year-on-year. Crude steel production in South America totaled 3.5 million tons in September, down 2.7 percent from the same month of the previous year, while Brazil's output was 2.8 million tons, down 3.2 percent year-on-year.
In this month, Africa produced 2 million tons of crude steel, an increase of 8.2 percent year-on-year. In the Middle East, steel production totaled 4.6 million tons, an increase of 9.3 percent year-on-year.
Shares in global steel production in September 2025
