According to the statistics released by the Italian steel producers' association Federacciai, in the first seven months of 2011 Italy's steel imports from non-EU countries reached 6.23 million metric tons, increasing by 28.7 percent year on year, while its steel exports to non-EU countries totaled 2.83 million metric tons, down 7.7 percent year on year.
Product |
Imports from non-EU countries |
Exports to non-EU countries |
Balance |
|||||
Jan-Jul 2010 |
Jan-Jul 2011 |
Change (%) |
Jan- Jul 2010 |
Jan-Jul 2011 |
Change (%) |
Jan- Jul 2010 |
Jan- Jul 2011 |
|
Ingots and semi-finished products |
1,975 |
1,946 |
-1.5 |
305 |
140 |
-54.1 |
-1,670 |
-1,806 |
Long products |
349 |
448 |
+28.4 |
818 |
794 |
-2.9 |
+469 |
+346 |
Flat products |
2,271 |
3,533 |
+55.6 |
1,123 |
999 |
-11 |
-1,148 |
-2,534 |
1st manufacturing products (*) |
198 |
256 |
+29.3 |
710 |
783 |
+10.3 |
+512 |
+527 |
2nd manufacturing products (**) |
51 |
50 |
-2 |
114 |
119 |
+4.4 |
+63 |
+69 |
Total |
4,844 |
6,233 |
+28.7 |
3,070 |
2,835 |
-7.7 |
-1,774 |
-3,398 |
(*) 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.