According to the statistics released by the Italian steel producers' association Federacciai, in 2011 Italy's steel imports reached 17.37 million metric tons, increasing by six percent, while its steel exports totaled 16.966 million metric tons, up 12.1 percent, both compared to the previous year.
Products | Imports | Exports | Balance | |||||
2010 | 2011 | Change (%) | 2010 | 2011 | Change (%) | 2010 | 2011 | |
Ingots and semi-finished products | 3,582 | 3,646 | 1.8 | 909 | 909 | = | -2,673 | -2,737 |
Long products | 2,192 | 2,394 | 9.2 | 3,086 | 3,488 | 13 | 894 | 1,094 |
Flat products | 9,275 | 9,786 | 5.5 | 6,484 | 7,376 | 13.8 | -2,791 | -2,410 |
1st manufacturing products (*) | 1,137 | 1,323 | 16.4 | 4,307 | 4,807 | 11.6 | 3,170 | 3,484 |
2nd manufacturing products (**) | 210 | 223 | 6.2 | 351 | 386 | 10 | 141 | 163 |
Total | 16,396 | 17,372 | 6 | 15,137 | 16,966 | 12.1 | -1,259 | -406 |
(*) 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