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  According to the latest data of the World Iron and Steel Association, in January, the crude steel output of 64 countries included in the statistics of the world iron and Steel Association was 162.9 million tons, up 4.8% year-on-year.

  Among them, the output of crude steel in Africa was 1.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.9%; that in Asia and Oceania was 119 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%; that in CIS was 9.2 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%; that in EU was 12.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%; that in other European countries was 4.4 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%; and that in Middle East was 4.4 million tons. The output of crude steel in North America was 9.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7%; the output of crude steel in South America was 3.8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%.

• [Editor:Catherine Ren]