Majorsteel-producingcountries2004and2005(millionmetrictonscrudesteelproduction)2005200420052004RankmmtRankmmtRankmmtRankmmtChina1349.41280.5Australia227.8227.4Japan2112.52112.7Austria237256.5UnitedStates394.9399.7Netherlands246.9246.8Russia466.1465.6Malaysia(e)256.3285.7SouthKorea547.8547.5Romania266.2266Germany644.5646.4Czechepublic276.2237Ukraine738.6738.7Sweden285.7276India838.1932.6Egypt295.6324.8Brazil931.6832.9Argentina305.4305.1Italy1029.31028.5Thailand(e)315.3344.5Turkey11211220.5Venezuela324.9334.6France1219.51120.8Finland334.7314.8Taiwan,China1318.61319.6Slovakia344.5354.5Spain1417.81417.6Kazakhstan354.5295.4Mexico1516.21516.7SaudiArabia364.2363.9Canada1615.31616.3Indonesia(e)372.8382.4UnitedKingdom1713.21713.8Greece382.3402Belgium1810.41811.7Luxembourg392.2372.7SouthAfrica199.5209.5Byelorussia402421.8Iran209.4218.7Hungary412412Poland218.41910.6Others23.122.2TotalWorld1,131.801,067.00