World steel production in July 2015

World crude steel production in 65 countries reported by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 133 million tonnes in July 2015, down 3.8 percent from July 2014.

China's crude steel production in July 2015 was 65.8 million tonnes, down 4.6 percent from July 2014. Japan produced 8.8 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2015, down 4.9 percent from July 2014. Production in India was 7.7 million tons, up 1.2 percent year-on-year.

In July 2015, Russia produced 6.0 million tonnes of crude steel, which is 2.8 percent less than in July 2014. Ukraine produced 1.9 million tons of crude steel, which is 24.1 percent less than in July last year. The United States produced 7.0 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2015, down 9.1 percent from the same month in 2014.

In the European Union, Germany produced 3.6 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2015, an increase of 4.7 percent over July 2014. Steel production in Turkey in July 2015 amounted to 2.5 million tons, which is 10.4 percent lower compared to July 2014.


Brazilian steel output in July 2015 was 2.9 million tonnes, down 3.1 percent year on year. In the Middle East, Iran produced 1.3 million tons of crude steel in July 2015, down 1.3 percent from the same month last year.

The steel production capacity utilization rate for 65 countries was 68.4 percent in July 2015. This is 4.2 percentage points lower than in July 2014, and compared to June 2015, lower by 3.8 percent.