21 million tonnes – production in 1. half-year of 2015

Issf has published data on global stainless steel production for the 6 months of 2015. They show that, after years of increasing global production, it was slowed down. Production reached 21,094 million tonnes, a decrease of 0.7% compared to the 6 months of 2014.

North America recorded the biggest growth year-on-year. and North Africa. – 4.8% and China by only 0.7%. Other regions have seen declines.

In Q2 '15 production increased by 6.4% compared to Q1 '15.

Details in the table below.

Region	Q1'15 [mln ton]	Q2'15 [mln ton]	Q2'15/Q1'15 [%]	6m-cy'14 [mln ton]	6m-cy'15 [mln ton]	6m-cy'15 vs 6m-cy'14 [%]
Europe Zach and Africa	2,007	2,058	2,5	4,280	4,065	-5,0
Europe Wsch and Central	0,064	0,069	6,7	0,143	0,133	-7,0
North America and North Africa.	0,768	0,685	-10,8	1,386	1,453	4,8
Asia (without China)	2,366	2,318	-2,0	4,757	4,684	-1,5
China	5,014	5,745	14,6	10,687	10,759	0,7
World	10,219	10,875	6,4	21,253	21,094	-0,7

Information developed by SSN on the basis of ISSF data.