In March this year, the flat steel exports of the European Union (EU) totaled 1.256 million mt, while EU long steel exports amounted to 1.024 million mt. Accordingly, overall EU finished steel exports in March totaled 2.28 million mt, up 10.3 percent month on month and down four percent compared to the same month in 2012.
EU finished steel exports, March 2013 |
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Volume (mt) |
M-o-m variation (%) |
Y-o-y variation (%) |
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Flat products |
1,256,000 |
+3.45 |
-5.63 |
Long products |
1,024,000 |
+20 |
-1.91 |
TOTAL |
2,280,000 |
+10.3 |
-4 |
In the first quarter of the current year, EU finished steel exports rose by 1.18 percent year on year to 6.479 million mt.
U finished steel exports, Jan-Mar 2013 |
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Volume (mt) |
Y-o-y variation (%) |
|
Flat products |
3,774,000 |
+0.21 |
Long products |
2,705,000 |
+2.61 |
TOTAL |
6,479,000 |
+1.18 |
Tonnage figures in the tables are rounded to the nearest thousand.