The country mainly bought steel from China, with 5 million tonnes valued at 4.38 billion USD, accounting for 40.3 percent and 38 percent of the total volume and turnover, respectively.

Note: this release incorporates revisions to data for June through November 2021 released by the U.S. Census Bureau in February 2022.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 155.0 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2022, a 6.1% decrease compared to January 2021.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending January 29, 2022 in thousands of net tons: North East: 170; Great Lakes: 624; Midwest: 211; Southern: 716 and Western: 75 for a total of 1796.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 158.7 million tonnes (Mt) in December 2021, a 3.0% decrease compared to December 2020.

Total world crude steel production was 1,950.5 Mt in 2021, a 3.7% increase compared to 2020.

December 2021 crude steel production and 2021 global crude steel production totals

China crude steel production in 2021.