In August 2019, the global crude steel output of 64 countries included in the World Steel Association statistics was 156 million tons, up 3.4% year-on-year.

China's crude steel output in August 2019 was 87.3 million tons, up 9.3% year-on-year. Japan's crude steel output in August was 8.1 million tons, down 7.8% year-on-year. South Korea's crude steel output in August was 5.9 million tons, down 2.6% year-on-year.

In the EU region, German crude steel production in August was 3.3 million tons, up 0.8% year-on-year. Italy's August crude steel output was 900,000 tons, down 26.7% year-on-year; France's August crude steel output was 1.1 million tons, up 11.2% year-on-year; Spain's August crude steel output was 1.1 million tons, down 4.6% year-on-year.

US crude steel production in August 2019 was 7.5 million tons, up 0.3% year-on-year.

Brazil's crude steel output in August 2019 was 2.5 million tons, down 13.4% year-on-year.

Turkey's crude steel output in August 2019 was 2.6 million tons, down 12.4% year-on-year.

Ukrainian crude steel production in August 2019 was 1.9 million tons, up 8.5% year-on-year.