Given below is the list of countries likely to post negative growth in their crude steel production for 2012, in ascending order
| Sl | Country | 2012 E | 2011 | YoY |
| 1 | Croatia | 0 | 100 | -100.0% |
| 2 | Serbia | 345 | 1,324 | -73.9% |
| 3 | Macedonia | 191 | 386 | -50.5% |
| 4 | Greece | 1277 | 1,993 | -35.9% |
| 5 | Guatemala | 330 | 445 | -25.8% |
| 6 | Australia | 4931 | 6,404 | -23.0% |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 673 | 835 | -19.3% |
| 8 | Venezuela | 2505 | 3,070 | -18.4% |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 4123 | 4,699 | -12.2% |
| 10 | Spain | 13771 | 15,591 | -11.6% |
| 11 | Belgium | 7178 | 8,114 | -11.5% |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 2271 | 2,558 | -11.2% |
| 13 | Taiwan, China | 20253 | 22,660 | -10.6% |
| 14 | Argentina | 5056 | 5,655 | -10.5% |
| 15 | Sweden | 4356 | 4,866 | -10.4% |
| 16 | Hungary | 1552 | 1,733 | -10.4% |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 5025 | 5,583 | -9.9% |
| 18 | Ukraine | 33023 | 35,332 | -6.5% |
| 19 | Finland | 3760 | 3,985 | -5.6% |
| 20 | Poland | 8389 | 8,794 | -4.6% |
| 21 | Italy | 27751 | 28,662 | -3.2% |
| 22 | Germany | 43023 | 44,288 | -2.8% |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 5188 | 5,275 | -1.6% |
| 24 | Netherlands | 6847 | 6,937 | -1.3% |
| 25 | Mexico | 17978 | 18,145 | -0.9% |
| 26 | Colombia | 1279 | 1,290 | -0.8% |
| 27 | Brazil | 34919 | 35,162 | -0.6% |
| 28 | Japan | 107157 | 107,595 | -0.4% |
| 29 | Austria | 7462 | 7,474 | -0.2% |
In '000 tonnes
Source - worldsteel
2012 E-The estimation has been made by SteelGuru assuming the level of crude steel out put in December 2012 at levels similar to that of November 2012
Source:
http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/29_countries_likely_to_post_negative_growth_in_crude_steel_production_in_2012/296975.html
