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Main Trends in the Global Demand for <strong>Steel</strong> Products<br />

The global steel industry is developing at fast rates. According to the International <strong>Iron</strong> and <strong>Steel</strong> Institute (IISI),<br />

over the period of five consecutive years global steel production was growing faster than 7% per year, and in <strong>2007</strong><br />

it reached 1.34 billion tons.<br />

Demand for steel also continues growing . In <strong>2007</strong> the world’s steel consumption increased almost 7% and<br />

reached 1.2 billion tons.<br />

The largest contribution to production is coming from the developing nations. Starting from 2001, the share of<br />

the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries in the global production increased from 31% to 48%. Although its<br />

production rates have slackened, China remains a leader having increased crude steel production by 15.7% to 489<br />

m t in <strong>2007</strong>. China is also a key player in exports supplying about 62 m t of steel products to the global markets in<br />

<strong>2007</strong>, which is 45% higher than in 2006.<br />

Asia and Oceania 16.5%<br />

Middle East 1.2%<br />

Africa 1.4%<br />

North America 9.8%<br />

South America 1.1%<br />

CIS 3.9%<br />

Europe 17.9%<br />

Asia and Oceania 17.0%<br />

Middle East 1.2%<br />

Africa 1.5%<br />

North America 10.5%<br />

South America 1.2%<br />

CIS 3.9%<br />

Europe 18.8%<br />

Global <strong>Steel</strong> Production in <strong>2007</strong><br />

India 4.0%<br />

Russia 5.4%<br />

BRIC countries<br />

48.2%<br />

Global <strong>Steel</strong> Production in 200<br />

India 4.0%<br />

Russia 5.7%<br />

BRIC countries<br />

45.9%<br />

Brazil 2.5%<br />

Brazil 2.5%<br />

China 36.4%<br />

China 33.8%<br />

The general growth trend was also supported by the Russian market.<br />

The high level of demand for steel and increased prices for steel making raw materials pushed the steel prices<br />

up in early <strong>2007</strong>.<br />

Demand for steel in Russia is growing fast: in <strong>2007</strong> steel products consumption increased by 19% and reached<br />

40 m t.<br />

The high growth rate of the global and domestic markets is a key driver of the steel companies’ production<br />

growth. The Russian steel industry has been developing steadily boosting its production of finished rolled<br />

products more than 1.5 times over the last 10 years. In <strong>2007</strong> production increased by 2% and totaled 59.5 m t of<br />

rolled products.

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