Consumption of steel in Poland – quantity analysis in time

The steel market in Poland has increased over the last few years in the market economy. Domestic steel producers manufacture more crude steel and steel products. The consumption of steel increases more and more every year. The value of shipments from the Polish steel sector account for approx. 3% of industrial production. The Polish economy uses and processes over 8 million tonnes of steel (apparent consumption of crude steel/semi-products) yearly (average volume of steel consumption from 2000 to 2017). The largest user of crude steel is metal good, but the largest user of finished steel products is construction (more than 40%), followed by: machinery industry (15%), automotive (about 12%), transport equipment (4%), home appliances industry (3.5%) and other industry sectors, e.g. electrical equipment, electronics. Changes in domestic steel consumption are presented in the paper. The publication presents the historical trends and forecasts of quantity (volume) of steel consumption. The analysis of steel intensity was realised on the basis of apparent consumption of steel in device on: semi-products and finished steel products. Realised analysis is the base for building of scenarios of steel production by particular sectors of industry in Poland.