According to the European steel association EUROFER, in the month of August this year European Union (EU-27) flat steel exports totaled 1.193 million mt, while EU-27 long steel exports amounted to 725,000 mt. Overall, EU-27 steel exports in August came to 1.918 million mt, down 8.84 percent from the month of July:
EU-27 steel exports, August 2011 |
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Volume (mt) |
M-o-m variation (%) |
Y-o-y variation (%) |
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Flat rolled |
1,193,000 |
-4.94 |
-2.45 |
Long products |
725,000 |
-14.6 |
-3.71 |
TOTAL |
1,918,000 |
-8.84 |
-2.93 |
In addition, in the first eight months of the current year total EU-27 steel exports amounted to 16.318 million mt, decreasing by 4.37 percent compared to the same period of 2010:
EU-27 steel exports, January-August 2011 |
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Volume (mt) |
Y-o-y variation (%) |
|
Flat rolled |
9,438,000 |
-9.3 |
Long products |
6,856,000 |
+2.97 |
TOTAL |
16,318,000 |
-4.37 |