EU flat steel imports down 38 percent in Jan-Feb

Tuesday, 24 April 2012 17:18:52 (GMT+3)   |  
       

According to the European steel association EUROFER, in the month of February this year European Union (EU) flat steel imports totaled 910,000 mt, while long steel imports amounted to 256,000 mt. Accordingly, overall EU steel imports in February totaled 1.166 million mt, up 7.07 percent month on month and down 31.08 percent compared to the same month in 2011.

EU steel imports, February 2012

Volume (x 1,000 mt)

M-o-m variation (%)

Y-o-y variation (%)

Flat rolled

910

+7.05

-36.4

Long products

256

+7.56

-1.91

TOTAL

1,166

+7.,07

-31.08


In the first two months of the current year, steel imports into the European Union were as follows:

EU steel imports, Jan-Feb 2012

Volume (x 1,000 mt)

Y-o-y variation (%)

Flat rolled

1,760

-37.89

Long products

494

-2.94

TOTAL

2,255

-32.54


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