In October 2022, the global crude steel production of 64 countries included in the statistics of the World Iron and Steel Association was 147.3 million tons, which was flat year-on-year.

Crude steel production by region

In October 2022, Africa's crude steel output was 1.4 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%; Asia and Oceania's crude steel output was 107.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%; the EU (27) crude steel output was 11.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 17.5% %; crude steel output in other European countries was 3.7 million tons, down 15.8% year-on-year; crude steel output in the Middle East was 4 million tons, up 6.7% year-on-year; crude steel output in North America was 9.2 million tons, down 7.7% year-on-year; The crude steel output of Commonwealth countries + Ukraine was 6.7 million tons, down 23.7% year-on-year; the crude steel output in South America was 3.7 million tons, down 3.2% year-on-year.