Deliveries and steel consumption
Steel plant deliveries
The deliveries of finished steel products (i.e. plate, strip, wire, rod, profiles and tubes) from Swedish steelworks amount to 3.9 million tonnes in 2011. Nearly 95 per cent of the deliveries were destined for export markets.
Steelworks' deliveries of finished products, thousand metric tonnes
(excluding ingots and semis)
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2012/11 % |
|
| Q1 | 1,323.4 | 1,361.4 | 652.2 | 981.3 | 1,099.7 | 972.0 | -11.6 |
| Q2 | 1,268.7 | 1,304.2 | 631.0 | 1,076.2 | 1,085.2 | ||
| Q3 | 1,028.6 | 1,062.6 | 564.7 | 785.5 | 831.3 | ||
| Q4 | 1,202.1 | 909.3 | 856.1 | 971.0 | 914.3 | ||
| Year | 4,822.7 | 4,637.4 | 2,704.1 | 3,814.0 | 3,930.5 |
Steel consumption in Sweden
Swedish steel consumption grew steadily from the 2nd World War until the mid-1970’s. Following the oil crisis and the decline in the shipbuilding industry, consumption of steel actually fell by more than one third for a few years and stayed at this level until 1990. The sharp economic downturn that then occurred led to a further fall in consumption for a couple of years. Subsequently, the consumption of steel has increased and gross input to the Swedish market amounts to just over 4 million tonnes, a normal year.
Almost 95 per cent of the steel that is consumed in Sweden is imported from other countries. This applies, above all, to simpler steel products that are no longer produced in the country, since the Swedish steel companies have specialised within different areas and now produce advanced steel grades and products. This has led to a situation where about 90 per cent of the output of finished steel from Swedish steelworks is exported. The diagram below shows how Swedish steel consumption has developed since the mid-1970’s.
Per capita steel consumption in Sweden is close to 500kg/capita, which is relatively high in international terms. The average for the 27 EU countries is around 390 kg/capita (World Steel Association, 2008). One explanation for the high steel consumption in Sweden is the engineering industry that consumes large volumes of steel.
Per capita steel consumption in different areas are shown in the diagram below.
Contacts
Jenni Ranhagen
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Mathias Ternell
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