Iron and Steel: Production
(asked on 6th May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the percentage of UK steel production as a proportion of the demand for steel in the UK.
This question was answered on 19th May 2025
According to the World Steel Association, UK demand for finished steel products totalled 9.1 million tonnes (Mt) in 2023 (the latest year for which consumption data is available). World Steel Association data also shows that in 2024, the UK produced 4Mt of crude steel. As a proportion of domestic demand in 2023, this represented around 44%.