Worldsteel releases World Steel Statistics 2022

Recently, the World Steel Association released the "World Steel Statistics 2022", which introduced the overall development of the steel industry in 2021 by analyzing major indicators such as crude steel output and global scrap steel trade.

According to "World Steel Statistics 2022", in 2021, the world's total crude steel output will reach 1.951 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%; China's crude steel output will be 1.033 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%, ranking first in the world; India's crude steel output The output was 118 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 17.8%, ranking second in the world; Japan's crude steel output reached 96.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 15.8%, ranking third in the world.

In 2021, global scrap imports will be 109.5 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%. In 2021, Turkey's scrap import volume will be 25 million tons, an increase of 11.1% year-on-year, making it the world's largest scrap importer; the scrap import volume of the 27 EU member states will be 36.2 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.3%; South Korea's scrap import volume has reached 4.8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.0%; the United States is still the world's third largest scrap importer, with a scrap import volume of 5.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%.

According to the "World Steel Statistics 2022", in 2021, the global scrap export volume will be 110.7 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%. In 2021, the US scrap export volume will reach 17.9 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%, making it the world's largest scrap exporter; the 27 EU member states will export 47.9 million tons of scrap steel, a year-on-year increase of 13.7%. The main export destinations are Other European countries led by Turkey. In 2021, the UK will export 8.3 million tonnes of scrap, up 20.2% year-on-year; Canada will export 4.9 million tonnes, up 8.8% year-on-year; Australia and New Zealand will export 2.8 million tonnes, up 3.7% year-on-year.

 In 2021, the world's major scrap exporters are all net scrap exporters. The 27 EU member states will have a net scrap export volume of 13.9 million tons, and the United States, Mexico, and Canada will have a total net scrap export volume of 14 million tons.

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