Brussels 19 December 2014 – The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first nine months of 2014 showing that stainless steel melt shop production increased by 8.9% year–on–year to 30.9 million metric tons (mmt). Production increased in all regions except for Central and Eastern Europe.
Stainless and heat-resisting melt shop steel production [000 metric tons]
| Region |
Quarter |
+/- % |
9 Months |
+/- % | |||
| 1/2014 | 2/2014 | 3/2014 | q-o-q | 2013 | 2014 | y-o-y | |
| Western Europe/Africa |
2,164 |
2,111 |
1,682 |
-20.3% |
5,683 |
5,958 |
4.8% |
| Central/Eastern Europe |
71 |
72 |
70 |
-2.3% |
215 |
213 |
-1.0% |
| The Americas |
670 |
717 |
711 |
-0.8% |
1,824 |
2,097 |
15.0% |
| Asia (w/o China) |
2,234 |
2,216 |
2,161 |
-2.5% |
6,487 |
6,611 |
1.9% |
| China |
5,084 |
5,603 |
5,336 |
-4.8% |
14,176 |
16,022 |
13.0% |
| Total |
10,223 |
10,718 |
9,960 |
-7.1% |
28,385 |
30,900 |
8.9% |
Source: International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF)
For more statistics on stainless steel: http://worldstainless.org/statistics