The world volume of casting production has fallen steadily by 6.4 percent since 2018, with a recorded production volume of 105.5 million metric tons in 2020. Despite this global decline, China's production has increased, maintaining the lead in 2020 with 51.95 million metric tons--nearly 49.2 percent of the world's production. India and the United States followed with a casting production of 11.31 and 9.75 million metric tons, respectively, that same year, with the U.S. showing a year-on-year decrease of 13.8 percent.
Volume of global casting production from 2018 to 2020, by country
(in million metric tons)
Characteristic
2018
2019
2020
World total
112.7
109.1
105.5
China
49.4
48.75
51.95
India
13.4
11.49
11.31
U.S.
10.76
11.31
9.75
Russia
4.2
4.2
4.2
Germany
5.43
4.95
3.48
Japan
5.58
5.28
3.45
Mexico
2.91
2.86
2.86
Brazil
2.28
2.29
2.07
Italy
2.26
2.07
1.55
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