In the period in question, Italy's semi-finished steel product imports reached 1.05 million metric tons, up 19.9 percent year on year. Meanwhile, the country's semi-finished steel product exports amounted to 213,000 metric tons, down 11.2 percent year on year.
In the first quarter, Italy's imports of long steel products increased by 26 percent to 674,000 metric tons, while its long product exports totaled 857,000 metric tons, up 10.3 percent, both year on year.
On the other hand, in the same period Italy's flat steel imports reached 2.89 million metric tons, up 27.4 percent year on year, while its flat product exports amounted to 1.89 million metric tons, with a year-on-year increase of 18 percent.
Products |
Imports |
Exports |
Balance |
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Jan- Mar 2010 |
Jan- Mar 2011 |
Change (%) |
Jan- Mar 2010 |
Jan- Mar 2011 |
Change (%) |
Jan- Mar 2010 |
Jan- Mar 2011 |
|
Ingots and semi-finished products |
875 |
1,049 |
+19.9 |
240 |
213 |
-11.2 |
-635 |
-836 |
Long products |
535 |
674 |
+26 |
777 |
857 |
+10.3 |
+242 |
+183 |
Flat products |
2,265 |
2,886 |
+27.4 |
1,603 |
1,892 |
+18 |
-662 |
-994 |
1st manufacturing products (*) |
257 |
335 |
+30.4 |
1,084 |
1,343 |
+23.9 |
+827 |
+1,008 |
2nd manufacturing products (**) |
54 |
54 |
= |
78 |
91 |
+16.7 |
+24 |
+37 |
Total |
3,986 |
4,998 |
+25.4 |
3,782 |
4,396 |
+16.2 |
-204 |
-602 |
(*) 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.