Among the top 10 crude steel producers in the world, China dominates most of the output. Who are the remaining 9 countries?

With the high rise of global iron ore prices, the crude steel output has declined comprehensively this year. The world iron and Steel Association announced that in November 2021, the global output of that month was 143.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.9%. Our country's crude steel output is about 69.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 22%. Under such a big environment, what is the impact on the global crude steel production? Today, we focus on the world's top ten crude steel producers.
Let's look at the list of the world's top ten crude steel producers. The first place, of course, is China. And it is well deserved, the type of dimension reduction attack. Let's take last year's data to know how China's crude steel output exists. According to the information released by the world iron and Steel Association, China's crude steel output will reach 1.053 billion tons in 2020. What is this concept? Accounting for 56.5% of the global proportion, that is, more than half of the world's crude steel is produced in China. The output exceeds the sum of many countries. But it can be said that it is the leader.
I'll read the next ranking carefully, and then let's talk about it in detail. Because the official data of this year are not available, I am talking about the data of last year. But last year and this year, there should be no change. The second place is India. The third place is Japan. Next are Russia, the United States, South Korea, Türkiye, Germany, Brazil and Iran.
India accounted for 5.34% of the global crude steel output last year, while Japan accounted for 4.46%. Let's take a look. The second and third places add up to 10%. Our country alone accounts for more than 50 percent. Therefore, in the field of crude steel production, China is definitely a giant.
First of all, let's talk about what is rough steel, not rough steel. But a billet. It is a kind of processing raw material, which is made of iron ore, iron ore and other processed products. This is a finished product that can be used as raw material for processing steel products.

Let's talk about our country first. According to guangming.com, last year, China's crude steel output in 2020 was 1.053 billion tons, breaking the 1 billion tons mark for the first time. Therefore, last year was of great significance to China's crude steel industry. Despite the impact of COVID-19 last year, China's economy recovered after the shock, providing a good external environment for the development of the steel industry. In the face of such difficulties as the sharp rise in iron ore prices, our country has withstood the pressure and presented a good situation. Especially after the second quarter of last year, with the resumption of national production and the start of major project investment, the industries closely related to steel began to improve. Steel consumption reached a new high. Therefore, we have achieved a breakthrough of 1 billion tons.

The second place is India. It is only in recent years that India overtook Japan to become the second largest crude steel producer in the world.
However, India's crude steel production cannot be compared with that of China. Not to mention the comparison with the total amount of China, the crude steel produced by India with the strength of one country can only rank third compared with the provinces of our country.
The steel output of Hebei Province in China is more than twice that of India. Jiangsu Province is only much more than India. According to the data of our National Bureau of statistics, from 2019 to 2020, the crude steel output of Hebei Province and Jiangsu Province exceeded the annual crude steel output of India. Take Tangshan, Hebei Province as an example. If we compare it with other countries in the world, Tangshan's crude steel output can also rank second in the world. It can be seen that the steel industry is still the strength of our country. It reflects China's basic resource production capacity, industrial development level and comprehensive national strength development level.
Third, talk about Japan. Although Japan's crude steel output can not be compared with that of China, the development of Japan's steel industry provides a good reference for China. Why do you say that? This is because Japan has now taken converter smelting of high-quality special steel as the industrial norm. As we know, the world is paying attention to "double carbon" emission reduction, and Japan's special steel meets the needs of "double carbon". From the perspective of environmental protection, other people go ahead. Therefore, this is also the future orientation of our country's steel "double carbon".
Japan is a special steel exporter. Famous for its high quality, the export volume of high-precision die steel is increasing. Why does Japan need this high-quality steel? It is because the Japanese automobile industry developed early. Especially now, Japan has begun to focus on the production of this special steel. However, the investment in crude steel is no longer increased and has not been paid much attention to.
At present, China's iron and steel enterprises are facing policies such as "dual control of energy consumption" and reduction of output. In order to achieve "carbon peak" and "carbon neutralization", our country should also vigorously develop special steels. Improve the quality and strength of steel, and develop towards ultra light and high strength. In fact, Japan's iron and steel industry has been upgraded in the past 50 years. The product structure has changed greatly. And this kind of upgrading will be done by our country sooner or later. Therefore, as I said just now, Japan's steel industry can provide guidance and reference for China in the future.
The fourth is the United States, the world's largest country. We know that the manufacturing industry in the United States has shown a tendency of hollowing out in recent years. That is, with the decline of national strength, the high-end manufacturing industry that the United States is proud of is a bit unsustainable. According to this year's data, the manufacturing industry in the United States shows signs of returning. Although the steel output of the United States is the fourth in the world, as the world's first superpower, it has to import a large amount of steel every year. However, the United States is reluctant to import steel from China. Because the United States does not trust China. Therefore, the steel importing countries of the United States are all its allies, such as Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea and Germany.
The development of the electronic industry has led to the gradual decline of the American steel industry. At present, there are only 140000 workers engaged in the steel industry. What do you think of when you mention the steel industry in the United States? Friends who know the United States know that the Great Lakes, the so-called Great Lakes, are the five lakes where iron ore is mainly distributed in the United States. The Great Lakes region has formed the five major steel centers in the United States. They are: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Duluth and Toledo. As we all know, the motor city of Detroit, general motors, Ford and Chrysler are all here.
Pittsburgh in the United States was once known as the world steel capital. Pittsburgh's steel industry has also been brilliant. The legendary story of Carnegie, the world-famous steel king, was born here. Therefore, the rise of the United States is closely related to the steel industry. However, with the development of American industrialization, there is a need for industrial transformation. For example, Pittsburgh, once the steel capital of the world, is gradually developing in the direction of medical treatment, science and technology and education. For example, the world-famous university of Pittsburgh Medical Center is now famous.
Therefore, a large number of industrial workers have been laid off and disillusioned, leading many people to cast evil fire on China. I think it is the rise of China and the development of the steel industry that make them lose their jobs. Then, they become more extreme, more conservative and populist. Yes, although the industries in the Great Lakes of the United States are not so good, they have done one thing that affects the world, that is, they have promoted trump to the presidency of the United States. Trump speaks what they like to hear, so they have become Trump's fans and fans.
This is often the case. An insignificant person can often do things that affect the world. This is the so-called butterfly effect. It is hard for us to imagine what the United States would be like, what China-U.S. relations would be like, and what the United States would be like without trump in the four years since he took office. It is these industrial workers in the rust belt that have completely changed the course of world history.
The fifth place is Russia, which is also a big energy country. Heavy industry is developed. In the face of US sanctions, Russia has always been tough and developed its own military forces, which all need the support of the steel industry. Russia's heavy industry is developed, and the most important thing is steel and special steel. In 2020, three Russian steel companies were shortlisted as Forbes top 30 steel companies. Russia's steel production is far less than that of China's steel enterprises, but the population of other countries is also small. The population is only one tenth of ours. Therefore, on average, the output of steel is more than ours.