According to the statistics released by the Italian steel producers' association Federacciai, in the first nine months of 2011 Italy's steel imports reached 14.065 million metric tons, increasing by 11.5 percent, while its steel exports totaled 12.863 million metric tons, up 12.9 percent, both compared to January-September 2010.
Products |
Imports |
Exports |
Balance |
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Jan-Sep 2010 |
Jan-Sep 2011 |
Change (%) |
Jan-Sep 2010 |
Jan-Sep 2011 |
Change (%) |
Jan-Sep 2010 |
Jan-Sep 2011 |
|
Ingots and semi-finished products |
2,745 |
2,893 |
5.4 |
713 |
687 |
-3.6 |
-2,032 |
-2,206 |
Long products |
1,608 |
1,862 |
15.8 |
2,340 |
2,554 |
9.1 |
732 |
692 |
Flat products |
7,278 |
8,121 |
11.6 |
4,820 |
5,632 |
16.8 |
-2,458 |
-2,489 |
1st manufacturing products (*) |
824 |
1,015 |
23.2 |
3,259 |
3,704 |
13.7 |
2,435 |
2,689 |
2nd manufacturing products (**) |
160 |
174 |
8.8 |
257 |
286 |
11.3 |
97 |
112 |
Total |
12,615 |
14,065 |
11.5 |
11,389 |
12,863 |
12.9 |
-1,226 |
-1,202 |
(*) 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