worldstainless releases stainless steel melt shop production for Q1 2025
20 June 2025
The world stainless association has released figures for the first quarter of 2025, showing that production levels for the first quarter of 2025 are consistent with the range of quarterly production levels seen during 2024.
Stainless steel melt shop production [000 metric tonnes]
| Region | thousand tonnes | % change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q1 '25/ Q4 '24 | Q1 '25/ Q1 '24 | |
| Europe | 1,563 | 1,394 | 1,608 | 15.4% | 2.9% |
| USA | 509 | 441 | 553 | 25.4% | 8.6% |
| China | 8,655 | 10,736 | 9,624 | -10.4% | 11.2% |
| Asia w/o China and S. Korea | 1,842 | 1,928 | 1,780 | -7.7% | -3.3% |
| Others | 2,076 | 2,042 | 1,982 | -3.0% | -4.5% |
| Total | 14,644 | 16,541 | 15,547 | -6.0% | 6.2% |
Others: Brazil, Indonesia, Russia, S. Africa, S. Korea
Source: worldstainless
