Steel Statistics US Geological Survey

Steel Statistics¹ U.S. Geological Survey 2000-2010

(All values in metric tons (t) unless otherwise noted)

Last modification: August 2, 2011

  Steel Product Shipments (millions) Raw Steel Production (millions) Imports  (millions) Exports (millions) Semifinished imports (millions)
2000 98.9 102.0 34.4 5.92 7.76
2001 89.7 90.1 27.3 5.57 5.84
2002 90.7 91.6 29.6 5.45 8.02
2003 96.1 93.7 21.0 7.46 4.37
2004 101.0 99.7 32.5 7.20 6.73
2005 95.2 94.9 29.1 8.52 6.27
2006 99.3 98.2 41.1 8.8 8.46
2007 96.5 98.1 30.2 10.1 6.04
2008 89.3 91.9 29.0 12.2 5.42
2009 56.4 59.4 14.7 8.4 2.03
2010 76.0 90 22.0 11.0 4.51

 

  Stock changes (millions) Apparent Consumption (millions) Unit Value ($/t) Unit Value (98$/t) World Production (millions)
2000 0.103 120 108.40 102.65 850
2001 -0.908 107 101.30 93.19 852
2002 6.88 100 104.80 94.93 907
2003 -1.41 107 109.50 96.99 974
2004 2.1 117 147.20 127.01 1062
2005 -3.01 113 159.70 133.31 1140
2006 3.3 120 174.10 140.74 1250
2007 -3.86 116 182.90 143.79 1340
2008   102 220.6   1330
2009   63 165.2   1240
2010   82 200   1400

 

¹Compiled by C.A. DiFrancesco (retired), T.D. Kelly (retired), D.I. Bleiwas, and M.D. Fenton

The sources of data for the iron and steel worksheet are the mineral statistics provided by the International Iron and Steel Institute in Brussels, Belgium, and publications of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey--Minrerals Yearbook (MYB) and its predecessor, Mineral Resources of the United States.

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