EU: producers output of hot rolled plates from 2010-2018
Germany has been the leading country by far of these products, with a peak production of nearly 3.6 million metric tons in 2011. Germany's production decreased on the following years, reaching nearly three million metric tons in 2016. For 2017 and 2018, the source had suppressed data for Germany, leaving Italy as the highest producer recording 1.78 million and 1.74 million metric tons of hot rolled plates respectively.