The International Stainless Steel Forum has released figures for the first three months of 2020 showing that stainless steel melt shop production decreased by 8.0% year on year to 11.7 million tonnes.
Stainless steel melt shop steel production
| Region | Q1’20 | Q1’19 | QoQ | Q4’19 | YoY |
| Europe | 1,779 | 1,899 | 13.1% | 1,572 | -6.3% |
| USA | 627 | 704 | 9.1% | 574 | -10.9% |
| China | 6,080 | 6,684 | -12.0% | 6,910 | -9.0% |
| Asia w/o China and S. Korea | 1,886 | 1,961 | -6.8% | 2,023 | -3.8% |
| Others | 1,323 | 1,464 | -1.2% | 1,339 | -9.7% |
| Total |