Japan Annual Crude Steel Production
Annual production of pig iron, crude steel by process (basic oxygen and electric arc furnace) and grade (ordinary and special steel) and hot-rolled, cold-rolled, coated and pipe products, in thousand tonnes.
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pig iron | 58,451.5 | 61,025.6 | 63,041.6 | |
| Crude steel7 | 80,679.4 | 84,008.9 | 87,000.79 | |
| Basic oxygen furnace steel | 59,830.6 | 61,957.08 | 64,166.6 | |
| Electric arc furnace steel | 20,848.8 | 22,051.8 | 22,834.2 | |
| Ordinary steel ingots | 62,356.6 | 65,183.16 | 67,400.18 | |
| Special steel ingots | 18,108.9 | 18,602.76 | 19,348.49 | |
| Steel for castings | 214 | 222.95 | 252.12 | |
| Ordinary steel, total | 62,470.3 | 65,299.74 | 67,532.92 | |
| Special steel, total | 18,209.1 | 18,709.13 | 19,467.87 | |
| Hot-rolled steel products, total2 | 72,118.1 | 74,388.1 | 77,040.3 | |
| Ordinary hot-rolled steel products (general)17 | 56,790.9 | 58,825.37 | 61,168.77 | |
| Rails and wheel tyres | 456.8 | 507.3 | 598.51 | |
| Steel sheet piles | 409.3 | 392.97 | 386.42 | |
| Sections: H-shapes | 2,811.2 | 3,080.7 | 3,415.92 | |
| Sections: large | 672.6 | 708.7 | 786.86 | |
| Sections: medium and small | 724 | 761.7 | 823.47 | |
| Bars: large | 224.4 | 236 | 242.35 | |
| Bars: medium | 298.1 | 305.7 | 349.35 | |
| Bars: small | 6,405.1 | 6,798.2 | 7,360.96 | |
| Tube rounds | 156.9 | 182.9 | 254.68 | |
| Wire rods: bar-in-coil | 347.4 | 346.4 | 343.35 | |
| Wire rods: ordinary | 450.7 | 408.2 | 413.78 | |
| Wire rods: low carbon | 56.5 | 60.08 | 63.98 | |
| Wire rods: high carbon | 489.9 | 474.28 | 463.23 | |
| Plates: heavy plates | 7,869.7 | 8,254.7 | 8,574.35 | |
| Plates: medium and thin plates | 108.4 | 109.8 | 123.39 | |
| Hot-rolled wide strip | 34,951 | 35,805.88 | 36,505.79 | |
| Hot-rolled strip | 358.7 | 391.8 | 462.38 | |
| Special steel hot-rolled products | 15,327.1 | 15,562.7 | 15,871.55 | |
| Cold-rolled wide strip (ordinary steel) | 13,855.9 | 13,914.91 | 14,025.53 | |
| Cold-rolled electrical steel strip | 1,418.2 | 1,308.09 | 1,264.94 | |
| Tinplate | 581.8 | 567.29 | 508.88 | |
| Galvanized steel sheets | 7,987.7 | 8,159.03 | 8,539.46 | |
| Steel pipes and tubes (hot), total2 | 2,972.1 | 3,070.06 | 3,204.4 | |
| Seamless pipes | 180.7 | 211.61 | 221.87 | |
| Welded pipes | 2,791.4 | 2,858.45 | 2,982.54 | |
| Cast iron pipes | 181.5 | 171.06 | 192.66 |
Latest reading
The latest reading is 80,679.4 thousand tonnes, for 2025. That is −4.0% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 2023 to 2025. Source: Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) – Iron and steel production.
- Latest
- 80,679.4 thousand tonnes
- 2025
- vs previous period
- −4.0%
- 2024
About this data
Annual production of pig iron, crude steel by process (basic oxygen and electric arc furnace) and grade (ordinary and special steel) and hot-rolled, cold-rolled, coated and pipe products, in thousand tonnes. Source: Japan Iron and Steel Federation.
