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The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for
the full year 2019 showing that stainless steel melt shop production
increased by 2.9% year–on–year to 52.2 million metric tons.
|
000 metric tons |
Quarter |
Total |
+/- % |
|
Region |
1/2019 |
2/2019 |
3/2019 |
4/2019 |
2019 |
y-o-y |
|
Europe |
1,899 |
1,842 |
1,492 |
1,572 |
6,805 |
-7.90% |
|
USA |
704 |
647 |
669 |
574 |
2,593 |
-7.60% |
|
China |
6,684 |
7,670 |
8,135 |
6,910 |
29,400 |
10.10% |
|
Asia w/o China and S. Korea |
1,961 |
1,938 |
1,973 |
2,023 |
7,894 |
-3.70% |
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Others |
1,464 |
1,306 |
1,416 |
1,339 |
5,525 |
-2.00% |
|
Total |
12,711 |
13,404 |
13,684 |
12,418 |
52,218 |
2.90% |
Source from ISSF |
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