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Table 2: Top 12 crude steel-producing countries in January-September 2020 (Mt)
Rank Country September September % Change, Jan- Jan- % change
’20 ’19 September September September H1 20/19
20/19 ’20 ’19
1 China 4.5
2 +PFKC
Japan
4 75#
5 4WUUKC
S. Korea 2.1
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World 156.359 151.885 2.9 1347.444 1392.252 -3.2
Source: worldsteel

China’s Exports Decline and Imp[orts Rise STAINLESS STEEL SCENARIO
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%JKPCŏU VQVCN XQNWOG QH UVGGN GZRQTVU TGCEJGF /V KP OGNVKPI UJQR QWVRWV FWTKPI VJG ſTUV OQPVJU
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XQNWOG QH UVGGN UJKRRGF CDTQCF NCUV OQPVJ YCU FWG VQ QH VJG %18+& RCPFGOKE YCU OQUV UKIPKſECPV QP
VJG NCEMNWUVGT GZRQTV VTCFKPI KP ,WPG YJGP %JKPGUG UVGGN VJG KPFWUVT[ RTQFWEVKQP KP RGTEGPVCIG VGTOU KP 'WTQRG
RTKEGU YGTG UJCTRN[ JKIJ CICKPUV INQDCN EQORGVKVQTU 75# CPF #UKC GZENWFKPI %JKPC
$[ VJGP %JKPC YCU VJG QPN[ OCLQT GEQPQO[ YJQUG
UVGGN FGOCPF JCF TGEQXGTGF VQ RTG %18+& NGXGNU Table 3: Stainless steel melt shop production (‘000t)
ECWUKPI FQOGUVKE RTKEGU VQ UVTGPIVJGP YJGTGCU Region Quarter 1 Half Yar +/-%
UVGGN EQPUWORVKQP CDTQCF GURGEKCNN[ KP UQOG #UKCP 1/2020 2/2020 2019 2020 y-o-y
EQWPVTKGU JCF QPN[ LWUV UVCTVGF VQ TGUWOG 6JG UJCTR Europe
RTKEG ICR DGVYGGP %JKPGUG UVGGN CPF UVGGN HTQO OKNNU
CDTQCF GPCDNGF OCP[ %JKPGUG VTCFGTU CPF GXGP UVGGN 75#
RTQFWEGTU VQ DW[ VJGUG HQTGKIP QTKIKP UVGGN RTQFWEVU China
CPF TGUGNN VJGO KP %JKPC +PGXKVCDN[ Asia w/o China
%JKPGUG UVGGN KORQTVU UVC[GF JKIJ +ORQTVU QH ſPKUJGF and S. Korea
UVGGN KP #WIWUV VQVCNNGF /V FQYP QPN[ UNKIJVN[ HTQO 1VJGTU
C TGEQTF OQPVJN[ JKIJ QH /V KP ,WN[ 5VGGN KORQTVU Total 11,705 11,968 26,115 23,673 -9.4%
QXGT ,CPWCT[ #WIWUV VQVCNNGF /V WR D[ C UKIPKſECPV Others: Brazil, Russia, S. Africa, S. Korea, Indonesia
QP [GCT CPF UVGGRGT VJCP VJG QP [GCT ITQYVJ
QH KP VJG ſTUV UGXGP OQPVJU QH VJKU [GCT #OQPI Source: International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF)
VJG VQVCN DKNNGV CPF *4% JCF DGGP VJG VYQ HCXQTKVGU HQT The Global Life Cycle of Stainless Steels
%JKPCŏU KORQTVGTU #U RGT VJG TGRQTV EQPFWEVGF D[ $CTDCTC 4GEM 5GPKQT
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9JGP VJKU JCRRGPU EQPFKVKQPU KP #UKCP OCTMGVU EQWNF VJCV QP CXGTCIG QH UVCKPNGUU UVGGNU CTG TGE[ENGF
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Source: Mysteel Global, September 8, 2020 UVCKPNGUU UVGGNU QT C XCNWCDNG KTQP UQWTEG HQT
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