Brussels, 13 December 2021 – The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first nine months of 2021 showing that stainless steel melt shop production increased by 16.9% year–on–year to 43.0 million metric tons.
Stainless steel melt shop steel production [000 metric tons]
|
Region
|
Quarter |
9 months |
+/- % |
|||
|
1/2021 |
2/2021 |
3/2021 |
2020 |
2021 |
y-o-y |
|
|
Europe |
1,909 |
1,919 |
1,586 |
4,590 |
5,413 |
17.9% |
|
USA |
624 |
654 |
552 |
1,575 |
1,830 |
16.1% |
|
China |
8,198 |
8,045 |
7,588 |
21,904 |
23,831 |
8.8% |
|
Asia w/o China and S. Korea |
1,880 |
1,845 |
2,044 |
4,593 |
5,769 |
25.6% |
|
Others |
1,901 |
2,052 |
2,184 |
4,092 |
6,137 |
50.0% |
|
Total |
14,512 |
14,514 |
13,954 |
36,754 |
42,980 |
16.9% |
Others: Brazil, Russia, S. Africa, S. Korea,
Indonesiar: revised, e:estimate
Source: International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF)
