Italy’s long steel exports to non-EU countries up 5.2% in Jan-Nov

In the January-November period of last year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 4.917 million metric tons, down by 7.6 percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 6.293 million metric tons, up 13.2 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai.

In particular, in the January-November period of the current year, Italy's flat steel product imports from non-EU countries increased by 30.6 percent, its flat steel product exports to non-EU destinations decreased by 14.3 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.