In 000 metric tons

Country 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

World 538,164 544,826 531,835 504,781 459,637

Soviet Union/CIS 114,559 113,928 110,167 90,953 85,396

Japan 79,295 80,197 80,229 79,985 73,144

China 57,040 58,200 62,606 64,280 73,438

U.S. 50,572 50,677 49,666 44,123 47,378

Germany* 32,453 32,777 30,097 30,969 28,548

Brazil 23,454 24,363 21,141 22,695 23,152

France 14,786 15,071 14,415 13,646 13,051

Italy 11,375 11,795 11,882 10,862 10,461

India 11,714 12,074 12,645 14,176 15,126

Poland 19,929 9,167 8,423 6,355 6,348

U.K. 13,056 12,638 12,319 11,883 11,351

Czech Republic 9,706 9,911 9,667 8,479 8,039

Romania 8,941 9,051 6,355 4,525 3,135

Canada 9,498 10,139 7,346 8,268 8,621

South Korea 12,578 14,846 15,339 18,510 19,323

Belgium 9,184 8,923 9,416 9,353 8,524

Australia 5,723 6,084 6,127 5,633 6,384

South Africa 6,171 6,543 6,257 6,968 6,498

North Korea 5,900 5,900 5,900 6,000* 6,000

Spain 4,691 5,535 5,482 5,588 5,076

Netherlands, The 4,994 5,163 4,960 4,696 4,849

Taiwan 5,487 5,780 5,491 5,561 5,292

Mexico 3,639 3,230 3,645 3,039 3,404

Turkey 4,462 3,508 4,827 4,594 4,489

Austria 3,665 3,823 3,452 3,439 3,074

Yugoslavia 2,916 2,898 2,313 1,266 824

East Germany 2,786 2,732 2,159 -- --

Luxembourg 2,519 2,684 2,645 2,463 2,255

Sweden 2,492 2,638 2,736 2,812 2,735

Hungary 2,093 1,954 1,708 1,311 1,176

Finland 2,173 2,284 2,283 2,331 2,451

Argentina 1,596 2,248 2,003 1,437 971

*Includes the former East Germany from 1991.

**Estimate.

Source: International Iron and Steel Institute.