In the January-September period this year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 3.954 million metric tons, down by 7.9 percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 5.355 million metric tons, up 17 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai.
In particular, in the January-September period of the current year, Italy's flat steel product imports from non-EU countries increased by 32.7 percent, its flat steel product exports to non-EU destinations decreased by 19.3 percent, while long steel product exports to these countries rose by 10.5 percent, all year on year.
Products | Imports non-EU | Exports non-EU | Balance | |||||
Jan-Sep 2012 | Jan-Sep 2013 | Change (%) | Jan-Sep 2012 | Jan-Sep 2013 | Change (%) | Jan-Sep 2012 | Jan-Sep 2013 | |
Ingots | 2027 | 2164 | 6.8 | 209 | 152 | -27.3 | -1818 | -2012 |
Long products | 291 | 304 | 4.5 | 1385 | 1530 | 10.5 | 1094 | 1226 |
Flat products | 1930 | 2562 | 32.7 | 1580 | 1275 | -19.3 | -350 | -1287 |
1st manufacturing products (*) | 271 | 270 | -0.4 | 951 | 811 | -14.7 | 680 | 541 |
2nd manufacturing products (**) | 59 | 55 | -6.8 | 166 | 186 | 12 | 107 | 131 |
Total | 4578 | 5355 | 17 | 4291 | 3954 | -7.9 | -287 | -1401 |
(*) 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.