World Steel Association Releases Short Range Outlook 2014-2015

摘要

The World Steel Association released its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2014 and 2015. worldsteel forecasts that global apparent steel use will increase by 3.1 per cent to 1,527 Mt in 2014 following growth of 3.6 per cent in 2013. In 2015, it is forecast that world steel demand will grow further by 3.3 per cent and will reach 1,576 Mt. Chairman of worldsteel Economics Committee, Mr. Hans Jurgen Kerk-hoff said "In 2013 world steel demand grew higher than our previous forecasts due to a stronger than expected performance in the developed world in the second half of the year. In particular, the recovery in the United States gained strength. In addition the downturn in the EU bottomed out and we now expect that steel demand in the Eurozone will move into positive growth in 2014. On the other hand, many emerging economies continue to struggle with structural issues and financial market volatility. This, along with China's deceleration, is the reason for our slightly lower global growth rate forecast for 2014. In 2015, growth in most parts of the world will accelerate thanks to a continuing steady recovery in the developed economies and an improvement in the situation for the emerging economies. But China's steel demand will further decelerate and this will prevent the broad recovery momentum from registering a higher global growth rate for 2015.