According to the statistics released by the Italian steel producers' association Federacciai, in the January-May period this year Italy's steel imports reached 6.205 million metric tons, decreasing by 26.3 percent, while its steel exports totaled 8.208 million metric tons, up 9.8 percent, both compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Accordingly, Italy achieved a steel trade surplus of over 2 million mt in the given period.
Products |
Imports |
Exports |
Balance |
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Jan-May 2011 |
Jan-May 2012 |
Change (%) |
Jan-May 2011 |
Jan-May 2012 |
Change (%) |
Jan-May 2011 |
Jan-May 2012 |
|
Ingots and semi-finished products |
1,711 |
1,403 |
-18 |
360 |
363 |
+0.8 |
-1,351 |
-1,040 |
Long products |
1,142 |
838 |
-26.6 |
1,476 |
1,749 |
+18.5 |
334 |
911 |
Flat products |
4,895 |
3,350 |
-31.6 |
3,286 |
3,769 |
+14.7 |
-1,609 |
419 |
1st manufacturing products (*) |
577 |
525 |
-9 |
2,193 |
2,160 |
-1.5 |
1,616 |
1,635 |
2nd manufacturing products (**) |
96 |
89 |
-7.3 |
160 |
167 |
+4.4 |
64 |
78 |
Total |
8,421 |
6,205 |
-26.3 |
7,475 |
8,208 |
+9.8 |
-946 |
2,003 |
(*) 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