Italy’s steel imports and exports both increase in January-August

Monday, 31 October 2011 10:39:26 (GMT+3)   |  
       

According to the statistics released by the Italian steel producers' association Federacciai, in the first eight months of 2011 Italy's steel imports reached 12.63 million metric tons, increasing by 13.4 percent, while its steel exports totaled 11.48 million metric tons, up 14 percent, both compared to January-August 2010.

Products

Imports

Exports

Balance

Jan-Aug 2010

Jan-Aug 2011

Change (%)

Jan-Aug 2010

Jan-Aug 2011

Change (%)

Jan-Aug 2010

Jan-Aug 2011

Ingots and semi-finished products

2,435

2,575

5.7

650

613

-5.7

-1,785

-1,962

Long products

1,400

1,658

18.4

2,077

2,251

8,4

677

593

Flat products

6,458

7,370

14.1

4,254

5,064

19

-2,204

-2,306

1st manufacturing products (*)

711

883

24.2

2,867

3,301

15.1

2,156

2,418

2nd manufacturing products (**)

141

149

5.7

228

255

11.8

87

106

Total

11,145

12,635

13.4

10,076

11,484

14

-1,069

-1,151

(*) 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


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