In 2013, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 5.345 million metric tons, down by 6.4 percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 6.856 million metric tons, up 16.5 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai.
In particular, in 2013 Italy's flat steel product imports from non-EU countries increased by 35.3 percent, its flat steel product exports to non-EU destinations decreased by 12.1 percent, while long steel product exports to these countries rose by 4.6 percent, all year on year.
Products |
Imports non-EU |
Exports non-EU |
Balance |
|||||
Jan-Dec 2012 |
Jan-Dec 2013 |
Change (%) |
Jan-Dec 2012 |
Jan-Dec 2013 |
Change (%) |
Jan-Dec 2012 |
Jan-Dec 2013 |
|
Ingots and semi-finished products |
2,730 |
2,791 |
2.2 |
289 |
199 |
-31.1 |
-2,441 |
-2,592 |
Long products |
372 |
439 |
18 |
1,934 |
2,022 |
4.6 |
1,562 |
1,583 |
Flat products |
2,366 |
3,202 |
35.3 |
2,009 |
1,765 |
-12.1 |
-357 |
-1,437 |
1st manufacturing products (*) |
339 |
351 |
3.5 |
1,252 |
1,114 |
-11 |
913 |
763 |
2nd manufacturing products (**) |
76 |
73 |
-3.9 |
224 |
245 |
9.4 |
148 |
172 |
Total |
5,883 |
6,856 |
16.5 |
5,708 |
5,345 |
-6.4 |
-175 |
-1,511 |
(*) 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.