The Minister of Steel, Shri Beni
Prasad Verma has said that the comparative figures of iron ore and finished
steel production capacities and actual production in India and China are as
below:
(in million tonnes)
|
|
India
|
China
|
|
|
2010-11*
|
2011-12*
|
2011*
|
|
Iron Ore
production
|
208.00
|
127.7
(upto December, 11)
|
1327
|
|
Crude Steel
Capacity
|
78.00
|
88.4
|
850
|
|
Finished Steel
Production (for sale)
|
66.01
|
70.39
|
696***
|
*provisional; *** Crude steel production
Source: Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM),
Ministry of Mines for data on iron ore production and Joint Plant Committee
(JPC), Ministry of Steel for data on crude steel capacity and finished steel
production and data related to China.
In a written
reply in the Rajya Sabha today Shri Verma said, the
quantum of export of raw iron ore and total finished steel to China during the
last five years are given below:
(in million
tonnes)
|
Year
|
Export
of iron ore to China
|
Export
of total finished steel to China
|
|
2007-08
|
91.98
|
0.017
|
|
2008-09
|
97.84
|
0.029
|
|
2009-10
|
109.30
|
0.045
|
|
2010-11
|
89.72
|
0.008
|
|
2011-12
(provisional)
|
52.47
(upto
February,12)
|
0.067
|
Source: MMTC, Department of Commerce for
data on iron ore export and JPC for data on finished steel export.
The Minister said,
the demand/ real consumption of steel in India, actual supply to Indian
consumers and steel import for last five years are given below:
|
Year
|
Total Finished Steel (in million tonnes)
|
|
|
Demand/ Real Consumption
|
Availability/
actual supply
|
Import
|
|
2007-08
|
52.12
|
58.03
|
7.03
|
|
2008-09
|
52.35
|
58.56
|
5.84
|
|
2009-10
|
59.34
|
64.75
|
7.38
|
|
2010-11*
|
65.61
|
69.35
|
6.80
|
|
2011-12*
|
69.18
|
73.08
|
6.82
|
Source: JPC; *=provisional
****
NSK/DB