KIEV, March 20 - Ukraine boosted steel production by 11.5% in March 2007 year-over-year, to 3.724 million metric tons of steel, and ranked 8th in the International Iron and Steel Institute's rating of the world's 66 biggest steel producing countries.

Along with Ukraine, the top ten steel producers in March 2007 were China (40.157 million tonnes, a 20.4% rise), Japan (10.258 million tonnes, a 6% rise), the USA (7.8 million tonnes, a 12% decline), Russia (6.249 million tonnes, a 6.4% rise), South Korea (4.348 million tonnes, a 9.4% rise), India (4.211 million tonnes, a 10.2% rise), Germany (4.174 million tonnes, a 1.4% rise).