In the January-August period this year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 3.546 million metric tons, down by 9.2 percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 4.868 million metric tons, up 17.7 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai.
In particular, in the January-August period of the current year, Italy's flat steel product imports from non-EU countries increased by 34.9 percent, its flat steel product exports to non-EU destinations decreased by 20 percent, while long steel product exports to these countries rose by 5.2 percent, all year on year.
Products | Imports non-EU | Exports non-EU | Balance | |||||
Jan-May 2012 | Jan-May 2013 | Change (%) | Jan-May 2012 | Jan-May 2013 | Change (%) | Jan-May 2012 | Jan-May 2013 | |
Ingots and semi-finished products | 1827 | 1959 | 7.2 | 180 | 141 | -21.7 | -1647 | -1818 |
Long products | 262 | 261 | -0.4 | 1305 | 1373 | 5.2 | 1043 | 1112 |
Flat products | 1752 | 2363 | 34.9 | 1424 | 1139 | -20 | -328 | -1224 |
1st manufacturing products (*) | 242 | 237 | -2.1 | 845 | 723 | -14.4 | 603 | 486 |
2nd manufacturing products (**) | 52 | 48 | -7.7 | 152 | 170 | 11.8 | 100 | 122 |
Total | 4135 | 4868 | 17.7 | 3906 | 3546 | -9.2 | -229 | -1322 |
(*) Seamless pipes, welded pipes, forged bars, cold drawn sections and bars, drawn wire, cold rolled strips, welded sections, drawn wire.
(**) Flanges, pipe fittings, mining sections, diamond plates, pig iron powder
Units of measurement are thousand metric tons.