Italy’s flat steel imports from non-EU countries up 35% in Jan-Aug

In the January-August period this year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 3.546 million metric tons, down by 9.2 percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 4.868 million metric tons, up 17.7 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai.

In particular, in the January-August period of the current year, Italy's flat steel product imports from non-EU countries increased by 34.9 percent, its flat steel product exports to non-EU destinations decreased by 20 percent, while long steel product exports to these countries rose by 5.2 percent, all year on year.

(*) 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.