Worldsteel has published crude steel production estimates for 66 countries around the world that report production. The data is shown in the spreadsheet below. There is a minor decline in output from January, but given the likely revisions to the data – up and down – caution should be taken in assuming a continuing downward trend. If the current rates of operation around the world are sustained through 2009 it would mean production of just over 1Bn tonnes – a decline from 2008 of 22%.