Brussels 08 August 2016 – The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first three months of 2016 showing that stainless steel melt shop production increased by 0.4% year–on–year to 10.3 million metric tons. Production increased in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia without China and in China.
Stainless and heat-resisting melt shop steel production [000 metric tons]
| Region |
Quarter |
+/- % |
+/- % |
||
|
|
1/2015 |
4/2015 |
1/2016 |
q-o-q |
y-o-y |
|
Western Europe/Africa |
2,007 |
1,780 |
1,955 |
9.8% |
-2.6% |
|
Central/Eastern Europe |
64 |
61 |
65 |
5.5% |
0.7% |
|
The Americas |
768 |
601 |
642 |
6.7% |
-16.4% |
|
Asia (w/o China) |
2,366 |
2,385 |
2,395 |
0.4% |
1.2% |
|
China |
5,015 |
5,324 |
5,203 |
-2.3% |
3.8% |
|
Total |
10,220 |
10,152 |
10,260 |
1.1% |
0.4% |
Source: International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF)
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Published: 08/08/2016
Last modified: 08/08/2016
