Izibalo ezikhishwe yi-International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) ngo-Okthoba 7 zikhombisa ukuthi engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka wezi-2021, ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engagqwali emhlabeni wonke kukhuphuke cishe ngama-24.9% unyaka nonyaka kuya kumathani ayizigidi ezingama-29.026.Mayelana nezifunda eziningana, ukukhiqizwa kwazo zonke izifunda kuye kwanda unyaka nonyaka: iYurophu inyuke cishe ngamathani angu-20.3% yaya kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-3.827, i-United States inyuke cishe ngamathani angu-18.7% kuya ku-1.277 million, kanti izwe laseChina lenyuka cishe ngamathani angu-20.8. I-% iya kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-16.243, ngaphandle kwezwe lase-China, i-Asia kuhlanganise ne-South Korea ne-Indonesia (ikakhulukazi i-India, i-Japan ne-Taiwan) ikhule cishe ngamathani angu-25.6% kuya ku-3.725 million, nezinye izifunda (ikakhulukazi i-Indonesia, iNingizimu Korea, iNingizimu Afrika, iBrazil, kanye Russia) ikhule cishe ngamathani angama-53.7% yaya kumathani ayizigidi ezi-3.953.

Ngekota yesibili ka-2021, ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engagqwali emhlabeni wonke bekucishe kufane nekota edlule.Phakathi kwazo, ngaphandle kwezwe laseChina nelase-Asia ngaphandle kwe-China, iSouth Korea, ne-Indonesia, isilinganiso senyanga nenyanga sehlile, kanti ezinye izifunda ezinkulu ziye zanda inyanga nenyanga.

Ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engagqwali (iyunithi: amathani ayinkulungwane)