Brazil's steel export revenues up in 2005

Brazil’s steel export revenues up in 2005

Brazil's Foreign Trade Ministry disclosed that the country's flat rolled steel export revenues rose 19.2 percent year on year to $2.4 billion in 2005. Flat rolled steel export revenues rose 1.5 percent year on year to $199 million in December 2005. Export revenues of semi-finished iron and steel also showed a year-on-year increase of 8.1 percent and reached $2.3 billion in 2005. However, semi-finished iron and steel export revenues fell 34.2 percent year on year to $117 million in December.