APMA - Asian Powder Metallugy Association

PM Production in Asia (2020)

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

(Metric Tons)

AREA	Item	2018	2019	2020	20/19(%)
Japan	Iron-Base	92,283	89,239	71,467	80.1%
	Copper-base	3,026	2,776	2,126	76.6%
	Total	95,309	92,015	73,593	80.0%
China	Iron-Base	168,876	162,612	164,619	101.2%
	Copper-base	14,831	10,780	11,268	104.5%
	Total	183,707	173,392	175,887	101.4%
Korea	*Iron-Base	65,858	64,531	59,799	92.7%
	Copper-base	639	673	689	102.4%
	Total	66,497	65,204	60,488	92.8%
Taiwan	Iron-Base	34,800	30,630	30,700	100.2%
	Copper-base	2,040	2,060	1,980	96.1%
	Total	36,840	32,690	32,680	100.0%
India	Iron-Base	36,000	40,000	33,000	82.5%
	Copper-base	8,900	10,200	7,500	73.5%
	Total	44,900	50,200	40,500	80.7%
Malaysia	Iron-Base	3,970	3,920	3,063	78.1%
	Copper-base	95	115	111	96.5%
	Total	4,065	4,035	3,174	78.7%
Singapore	Iron-Base	1,655	1,442	1,105	76.6%
	Copper-base	314	384	313	81.5%
	Total	1,969	1,826	1,418	77.7%
Thailand	Iron-Base	19,771	18,434	13,132	71.2%
	Copper-base	67	76	53	69.7%
	Total	19,838	18,510	13,185	71.2%
Indonesia	Iron-Base	6,778	6,588	4,543	69.0%
	Copper-base	104	111	62	55.9%
	Total	6,882	6,699	4,605	68.7%
Total	Iron-Base	429,991	417,396	381,28	91.4%
	Copper-base	30,016	27,175	24,102	88.7%
	Total	460,007	444,571	405,530	91.2%

*Included "Others"

Application Field Ratio of PM Production(2020) %

AREA	For Transportation Machines	For Industrial Machines	For Electrical Machines	For Others
Japan	93.9	4.0	1.6	0.5
China	56.0	1.0	28.0	15.0
Korea	95.7	0.0	2.0	2.3
Taiwan	42.0	26.0	8.0	24.0
India	82.0	6.0	8.0	4.0
Malaysia	65.9	3.6	30.4	0.2
Singapore	49.6	3.4	46.9	0.1
Thailand	92.2	3.4	4.4	0.0
Indonesia	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0