List of the world's largest steel producers for September 2017

The latest production statistics released by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) indicate that in September this year, steel production in 66 countries reporting to the Association amounted to 141.43 million tonnes. Compared to the previous year, monthly steel production increased by 5.6%. The total production of the countries of the world in the first nine months of the year amounted to 1.267 billion tons.

The following table provides a list of the world's top ten steel producers in September this year, in thousands of tonnes.
1.China 71827
2.Japan 8623
3. India 8200
4.US 6716
5.Russia 6025
6.South Korea 5880
7.Germany 3510
8.Turkey 3001
9.Brazil 2959
10.Iran 2230