In March this year, Italian crude steel output decreased by 9.87 percent year on year to 2.095 million metric tons, while in the first quarter of the year the output figure amounted to 5.947 million mt, down 10.2 percent year on year, according to the figures released by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai.
Italian crude steel output in March of the current year was also lower compared to the crude steel outputs of 2.575 million mt in March 2011, 2.699 million mt in March 2012 and 2.185 million mt in March 2013.