The global economic recovery slow pace, demand downturn, leading to this year most of the traditional production of stainless steel producers showed a trend of decline, China, India and other emerging economies is still the world's major source of stainless steel production growth. According to the CRU statistics show that in 2012 the global output of about 34.2 million tons, up by 2.5%. Among them, the western region stainless steel production of about 7.418 million tons, 1.6% year-on-year drop; America output for 2.458 million tons, 1.2% year-on-year drop; Asia output for 2.346 million tons, up 3.7%; South Africa output for 525000 tons, up by 18.2%.
In Western Europe in the main stainless steel producer, the output of the countries have positively growth: Finland 1.124 million tons, up 12%; Italy 1.722 million tons, up 7.8%; Spain 852000 tons, up by 5.6%. Production by larger countries: France 277000 tons, 7.5% year-on-year drop; Germany 1.323 million tons, 11.9% year-on-year drop; Sweden 508000 tons, 13.3% year-on-year drop; Britain's 296000 tons, 10.2% year-on-year drop. In addition, the two countries in the americas output than the same period last year have fell slightly. The United States for the output of 2.052 million tons, 1% year-on-year drop; Brazil's output is 406000 tons, 1.8% year-on-year drop.
Although the overall output in Asia last year increased, but Japan and China Taiwan, production has declined year-on-year were down by 1.8% and 9.6%; South Korea year-on-year growth of 0.3% slightly; Both China and India is still a developing country in Asia, and even the whole world output increase of the main driving force. The India's output is 2.477 million tons, up 9.1%, Asia is the highest state of stainless steel production growth.