APMA - Asian Powder Metallugy Association

PM Production in Asia (2019)

PM Production (Source JPMA, PMAI, KPMI, TPMA and CMPMA)

(Metric Tons)

AREA	Item	2017	2018	2019	19/18(%)
Japan	Iron-Base	92,166	92,283	89,239	96.7%
	Copper-base	3,059	3,026	2,776	91.7%
	Total	95,225	95,309	92,015	96.5%
China	Iron-Base	169,636	168,876	162,612	96.3%
	Copper-base	15,535	14,831	10,780	72.7%
	Total	185,171	183,707	173,392	94.4%
Korea	*Iron-Base	68,917	65,858	64,531	98.0%
	Copper-base	435	639	673	105.3%
	Total	69,352	66,497	65,204	98.1%
Taiwan	Iron-Base	32,637	34,800	30,630	88%
	Copper-base	2,070	2,040	2,060	101.0%
	Total	34,707	36,840	32,690	88.7%
India	Iron-Base	33,600	36,000	40,000	111.1%
	Copper-base	7,200	8,900	10,200	114.6%
	Total	40,800	44,900	50,200	111.8%
Malaysia	Iron-Base	3,744	3,970	3,920	98.7%
	Copper-base	85	95	115	121.1%
	Total	3,829	4,065	4,035	99.3%
Singapore	Iron-Base	1,542	1,655	1,442	87.1%
	Copper-base	404	314	384	122.3%
	Total	1,946	1,969	1,826	92.7%
Thailand	Iron-Base	16,498	19,771	18,434	93.2%
	Copper-base	66	67	76	113.4%
	Total	16,564	19,838	18,510	93.3%
Indonesia	Iron-Base	6,134	6,778	6,588	97.2%
	Copper-base	96	104	111	106.7%
	Total	6,230	6,882	6,699	97.3%
Total	Iron-Base	424,874	429,991	417,396	97.1%
	Copper-base	28,950	30,016	27,175	90.5%
	Total	453,824	460,007	444,571	96.6%

*Included "Others"

Application Field Ratio of PM Production(2019) %

AREA	For Transportation Machines	For Industrial Machines	For Electrical Machines	For Others
Japan	94.2	4.0	1.4	0.4
China	57.0	1.0	28.0	14.0
Korea	95.9	0.0	2.3	1.8
Taiwan	44.0	26.0	8.0	22.0
India	80.0	7.0	8.0	5.0
Malaysia	67.8	1.7	30.2	0.2
Singapore	47.5	3.3	49.1	0.1
Thailand	92.8	3.6	3.6	0.0
Indonesia	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0