Crude Steel statistics 2009
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Production evolution for 2009
Monthly statistics
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Austria | 416 | 349 | 360 | 375 | 438 | 525 | 488 | 414 | 580 | 626 | 607 | 483 | 5,662 |
| Belgium | 240 | 235 | 427 | 424 | 358 | 384 | 422 | 465 | 627 | 640 | 557 | 520 | 5,636 |
| Bulgaria | 60 | 55 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 59 | 57 | 726 |
| Czech Republic | 374 | 337 | 324 | 295 | 330 | 386 | 400 | 436 | 462 | 392 | 435 | 425 | 4,594 |
| Finland | 195 | 158 | 223 | 165 | 251 | 263 | 253 | 262 | 330 | 351 | 304 | 324 | 3,078 |
| France | 857 | 1,025 | 1,052 | 821 | 992 | 1,108 | 1,111 | 824 | 1,265 | 1,369 | 1,311 | 1,101 | 12,836 |
| Germany | 2,663 | 2,545 | 2,067 | 1,874 | 2,171 | 2,514 | 2,692 | 2,950 | 3,179 | 3,453 | 3,538 | 3,025 | 32,671 |
| Greece | 140 | 178 | 175 | 112 | 214 | 210 | 189 | 48 | 200 | 210 | 179 | 185 | 2,082 |
| Hungary | 79 | 101 | 96 | 98 | 117 | 110 | 123 | 134 | 143 | 154 | 105 | 121 | 1,401 |
| Italy | 1,592 | 1,671 | 1,651 | 1,492 | 1,688 | 1,647 | 1,590 | 740 | 1,888 | 2,170 | 1,923 | 1,470 | 19,737 |
| Latvia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | 174 | 159 | 161 | 183 | 190 | 138 | 215 | 125 | 227 | 231 | 209 | 215 | 2,215 |
| Netherlands | 288 | 320 | 340 | 323 | 320 | 328 | 501 | 575 | 590 | 522 | 578 | 508 | 5,194 |
| Poland | 492 | 483 | 473 | 479 | 569 | 677 | 697 | 686 | 669 | 747 | 607 | 630 | 7,208 |
| Portugal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Romania | 170 | 160 | 180 | 175 | 215 | 210 | 180 | 180 | 175 | 270 | 260 | 270 | 2,699 |
| Slovakia | 161 | 301 | 307 | 291 | 347 | 321 | 323 | 341 | 383 | 374 | 283 | 315 | 3,747 |
| Slovenia | 36 | 43 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 32 | 43 | 37 | 47 | 40 | 46 | 42 | 436 |
| Spain | 769 | 935 | 1,195 | 1,168 | 1,300 | 1,174 | 908 | 1,116 | 1,100 | 1,140 | 1,503 | 1,053 | 14,300 |
| Sweden | 262 | 211 | 251 | 199 | 214 | 220 | 11 | 105 | 326 | 319 | 330 | 358 | 2,805 |
| United Kingdom | 667 | 650 | 785 | 673 | 818 | 753 | 831 | 816 | 861 | 1,035 | 1,036 | 975 | 10,080 |
| Other E.U. (27) | 185 | 155 | 152 | 197 | 186 | 165 | 172 | 185 | 182 | 155 | 139 | 163 | 2,035 |
| Total - European Union (27) | 9,821 | 10,071 | 10,315 | 9,427 | 10,787 | 11,225 | 11,215 | 10,509 | 13,307 | 14,272 | 14,012 | 12,239 | 139,143 |
| Albania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18 | 46 | 30 | 43 | 51 | 42 | 39 | 34 | 55 | 64 | 59 | 39 | 519 |
| Croatia | 7 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 43 |
| Macedonia | 15 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 278 |
| Norway | 45 | 48 | 51 | 46 | 51 | 53 | 18 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 46 | 58 | 591 |
| Serbia | 44 | 68 | 81 | 11 | - | 45 | 76 | 161 | 188 | 158 | 131 | 135 | 1,097 |
| Switzerland | 100 | 76 | 77 | 33 | 93 | 77 | 55 | 62 | 99 | 106 | 103 | 100 | 981 |
| Turkey | 1,939 | 1,701 | 1,834 | 1,977 | 2,126 | 2,191 | 2,345 | 2,289 | 2,127 | 2,279 | 2,142 | 2,185 | 25,304 |
| Total - Other Europe | 2,168 | 1,968 | 2,103 | 2,142 | 2,351 | 2,426 | 2,556 | 2,617 | 2,554 | 2,699 | 2,512 | 2,548 | 28,814 |
| Azerbaijan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Byelorussia | 178 | 230 | 205 | 236 | 218 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 170 | 165 | 170 | 172 | 2,417 |
| Kazakhstan | 268 | 292 | 305 | 361 | 331 | 320 | 322 | 320 | 393 | 410 | 398 | 397 | 4,146 |
| Moldova | 28 | 45 | 50 | 4 | - | 12 | 39 | 40 | 67 | 73 | 40 | 14 | 380 |
| Russia | 3,929 | 4,332 | 4,627 | 4,374 | 4,678 | 4,870 | 5,017 | 5,020 | 5,420 | 5,607 | 5,396 | 5,506 | 59,940 |
| Ukraine | 2,123 | 2,317 | 2,380 | 2,140 | 2,351 | 2,304 | 2,662 | 2,660 | 2,760 | 2,660 | 2,668 | 2,749 | 29,757 |
| Uzbekistan | 51 | 48 | 52 | 68 | 65 | 64 | 76 | 75 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 50 | 718 |
| Total - C.I.S. (6) | 6,577 | 7,264 | 7,619 | 7,183 | 7,643 | 7,795 | 8,341 | 8,340 | 8,850 | 8,975 | 8,723 | 8,888 | 97,358 |
| Canada | 640 | 590 | 800 | 700 | 750 | 560 | 800 | 650 | 760 | 970 | 825 | 840 | 8,968 |
| Cuba | 20 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 273 |
| Dominican Republic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 56 |
| Guatemala | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 224 |
| Mexico | 810 | 810 | 1,133 | 1,062 | 1,161 | 1,221 | 1,195 | 1,109 | 1,079 | 1,443 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 14,172 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 15 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 417 |
| United States | 4,082 | 3,952 | 3,950 | 3,799 | 4,310 | 4,364 | 5,040 | 5,548 | 5,776 | 5,991 | 5,711 | 5,808 | 58,142 |
| Total - North America | 5,569 | 5,415 | 5,940 | 5,618 | 6,275 | 6,200 | 7,117 | 7,395 | 7,715 | 8,509 | 8,037 | 8,147 | 82,251 |
| Argentina | 284 | 257 | 259 | 279 | 269 | 311 | 355 | 371 | 391 | 431 | 414 | 392 | 4,014 |
| Brazil | 1,617 | 1,654 | 1,731 | 1,729 | 1,894 | 1,942 | 2,496 | 2,676 | 2,717 | 2,797 | 2,676 | 2,580 | 26,507 |
| Chile | 60 | 63 | 93 | 90 | 95 | 90 | 121 | 126 | 125 | 130 | 141 | 141 | 1,302 |
| Colombia | 60 | 93 | 95 | 90 | 95 | 90 | 70 | 95 | 95 | 100 | 88 | 88 | 1,079 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 264 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 54 |
| Peru | 80 | 90 | 47 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 58 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 57 | 718 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 57 |
| Venezuela | 300 | 380 | 370 | 360 | 370 | 360 | 249 | 250 | 295 | 305 | 334 | 334 | 3,825 |
| Total - South America | 2,419 | 2,554 | 2,626 | 2,623 | 2,798 | 2,868 | 3,381 | 3,621 | 3,735 | 3,877 | 3,755 | 3,622 | 37,819 |
| Algeria | 18 | 25 | 70 | 70 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 458 |
| D.R. Congo (former Zaire) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egypt | 443 | 390 | 443 | 468 | 453 | 449 | 457 | 479 | 453 | 453 | 469 | 517 | 5,508 |
| Ghana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kenya | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Libya | 93 | 100 | 105 | 87 | 84 | 102 | 66 | 47 | 47 | 63 | 59 | 60 | 914 |
| Mauritania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morocco | 41 | 44 | 26 | 37 | 40 | 54 | 53 | 46 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 47 | 479 |
| Nigeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Africa | 472 | 552 | 600 | 580 | 600 | 580 | 600 | 600 | 681 | 700 | 680 | 700 | 7,484 |
| Tunisia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Uganda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total - Africa | 1,067 | 1,112 | 1,244 | 1,242 | 1,207 | 1,215 | 1,205 | 1,202 | 1,253 | 1,288 | 1,257 | 1,359 | 14,843 |
| Iran | 950 | 947 | 966 | 949 | 925 | 910 | 870 | 850 | 865 | 890 | 860 | 890 | 10,873 |
| Israel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jordan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qatar | 76 | 82 | 95 | 93 | 81 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 1,028 |
| Saudi Arabia | 201 | 310 | 428 | 433 | 405 | 442 | 347 | 458 | 457 | 440 | 357 | 412 | 4,690 |
| Syria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United Arab Emirates | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total - Middle East | 1,227 | 1,338 | 1,489 | 1,476 | 1,412 | 1,432 | 1,301 | 1,393 | 1,407 | 1,420 | 1,302 | 1,392 | 16,591 |
| China | 41,192 | 40,422 | 45,101 | 43,413 | 46,460 | 49,425 | 50,676 | 52,327 | 50,711 | 51,747 | 47,262 | 47,664 | 567,842 |
| India | 4,570 | 4,100 | 4,738 | 4,580 | 4,730 | 4,580 | 4,730 | 4,770 | 4,700 | 4,930 | 4,801 | 4,960 | 56,608 |
| Indonesia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 6,378 | 5,479 | 5,739 | 5,734 | 6,476 | 6,883 | 7,660 | 8,307 | 8,269 | 8,801 | 8,858 | 8,951 | 87,534 |
| North Korea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea | 3,517 | 3,236 | 3,773 | 4,094 | 4,240 | 3,991 | 4,031 | 4,209 | 4,440 | 4,579 | 4,319 | 4,368 | 48,598 |
| Malaysia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mongolia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pakistan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Philippines | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singapore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sri Lanka | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Taiwan, China | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,150 | 1,115 | 1,150 | 1,200 | 1,240 | 1,240 | 1,200 | 1,620 | 1,570 | 1,620 | 15,747 |
| Thailand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vietnam | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total - Asia | 57,058 | 54,637 | 60,501 | 58,936 | 63,056 | 66,079 | 68,337 | 70,853 | 69,320 | 71,676 | 66,810 | 67,563 | 776,330 |
| Australia | 437 | 277 | 238 | 288 | 318 | 361 | 380 | 511 | 608 | 627 | 626 | 579 | 5,249 |
| New Zealand | 76 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 63 | 62 | 67 | 71 | 44 | 72 | 765 |
| Total - Oceania | 513 | 338 | 299 | 347 | 380 | 427 | 443 | 573 | 675 | 698 | 670 | 651 | 6,014 |
| Total Countries | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | - |
| Total | 86,420 | 84,698 | 92,135 | 88,992 | 95,908 | 99,667 | 103,896 | 106,503 | 108,816 | 113,414 | 107,079 | 106,410 | 1,219,715 |
