April World Steel Association statistics national crude steel output of 156.7 million tons

In April 019, the global crude steel output of the countriesincluded in the World Steel Association statistics was 156.7 million tons, anincrease of 6.4% year-on-year. China's crude steel output in April 2019 was 85million tons, up 12.7% year-on-year. India's crude steel output in April was8.8 million tons, up 1.5% year-on-year. Japan's crude steel output in April was8.6 million tons, down 0.8% year-on-year. South Korea's crude steel output inApril was 6 million tons, up 1.4% year-on-year. In the EU region, Italy's crudesteel output in April 2019 was 2 million tons, down 5.7% year-on-year; France'scrude steel output in April was 1.3 million tons, down 8.1% year-on-year;Spain's crude steel output in April was 1.3 million tons, down year-on-year. 4.4%.