Stainless steel production decreases by 8.0% in first quarter of 2020
by David Fleschen
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The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first three months of 2020 showing that stainless steel melt shop production decreased by 8.0% year–on–year to 11.7 million metric tons.
Stainless steel melt shop steel production [000 metric tons]
Region |
Quarter |
+/- % |
+/- % |
|||
1/2019 |
4/2019 |
1/2020 |
q-o-q |
y-o-y |
||
Europe |
1,899 |
1,572 |
1,779 |
13.1% |
-6.3% |
|
USA |
704 |
574 |
627 |
9.1% |
-10.9% |
|
China |
6,684 |
6,910 |
6,080 |
-12.0% |
-9.0% |
|
Asia w/o China and S. Korea |
1,961 |
2,023 |
1,886 |
-6.8% |
-3.8% |
|
Others |
1,464 |
1,339 |
1,323 |
-1.2% |
-9.7% |
|
Total |
12,711 |
12,418 |
11,693 |
-5.8% |
-8.0% |
Source: ISSF, Photo: Fotolia