Iran produced 12 million mt of steel during 2007, Mr.Taghi Bahrami Noshahr, head of the Iranian Steel Producers Association, has stated. He also pointed out that the government sector produced about nine million mt of steel during 2007 - up four percent compared to 2006, while the private sector produced about three million mt in 2007 - up 12 percent compared to 2006.
Mr. Bahrami Noshahr went on to add that
Iran imported about 10 million mt of steel in 2007, showing an increase of 30 percent year on year. The main countries from which
Iran imported steel in 2007 were
Russia,
Kazakhstan,
Ukraine and
China. Billets accounted for the majority of
Iran's steel imports in 2007.