Steel in South America

Commodities Indicators
Production 3,500 thousand metric tonnes on Mar 2024 World Steel Association + 1 other
Steelmaking methods Production (thousand tonnes in 2019)
Oxygen-blown Converters 27,854 World Steel Association
Electric arc furnace 13,269 World Steel Association
Foreign Trade Indirect (thousand tonnes in 2018)
Imports 9,398 World Steel Association
Exports 3,965 World Steel Association
Macro Region
Africa 4 timeseries
South America 3,500 thousand metric tonnes on Mar 2024 World Steel Association + 1 other
Country
Argentina 4,928.36 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Bolivia Production 1 timeseries
Brazil 2,800 thousand metric tonnes on Mar 2024 World Steel Association + 1 other
Chile 1,161.78 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Colombia 1,373.87 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Ecuador 474.26 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Ethiopia 0 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association
Paraguay Production 6 timeseries
Peru 1,730.53 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Uruguay Production 6 timeseries
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27.39 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Commodities Natural resources Metals
Iron 29,700 thousand tonnes in 2022 World Steel Association
Steel 3,500 thousand metric tonnes on Mar 2024 World Steel Association + 1 other
Tin Production 1 timeseries
Commodities Natural resources Metals Steel (thousand tonnes)
Apparent steel use 42,812 in 2019 World Steel Association
Continuously-cast Production 1 timeseries
Finished steel products 37,382 in 2019 World Steel Association
Liquid Production 1 timeseries
Semi-finished and Finished Steel Products 13,754 in 2019 World Steel Association
True steel use Consumption Finished steel products 2 timeseries