The major steel-producing countries, 1998 and 1999 million metric tons crude steel production

Country 1999 1998   Rank Tonnage Rank Tonnage Mainland China 1 123.7 1 114.6 United States 2 97.3 2 98.7 Japan 3 94.2 3 93.5 Russia 4 51.5 5 43.8 FR Germany 5 42.1 4 44.0 Republic of Korea 6 41.0 6 39.9 Ukraine 7 27.5 9 24.4 Brazil 8 25.0 7 25.8 Italy 9 24.9 8 25.7 India 10 24.3 10 23.5 France 11 20.2 11 20.1 United Kingdom 12 16.3 12 17.3 Canada 13 16.2 14 15.9 Taiwan 14 15.4 13 16.9 Mexico 15 15.3 16 14.2 Spain 16 14.9 15 14.8 Turkey 17 14.3 17 14.1 Belgium 18 10.9 18 11.4 Poland 19 8.8 19 9.9 Australia 20 8.2 20 8.9 South Africa 21 7.3 21 8.0 Netherlands 22 6.1 24 6.4 Iran 23 6.1 25 5.6 Czech Republic 24 5.6 22 6.5 Austria 25 5.2 26 5.3 Sweden 26 5.1 27 5.2 Romania 27 4.4 23 6.4 Kazakhstan 28 4.1 32 3.1 Finland 29 4.0 29 4.0 Argentina 30 3.8 28 4.2 Slovakia 31 3.6 31 3.4 Venezuela 32 3.2 30 3.7 Indonesia (E) 33 2.8 34 2.7 Egypt 34 2.6 33 2.9 Saudi Arabia 35 2.6 36 2.4 Luxembourg 36 2.6 35 2.5 Others   26.7   27.6 World   787.7   777.4