Upon review of the current status of the steel import quotas imposed by the European Commission, it is observed that long steel import quotas have mostly been used up, with the usage rate of the import quota for wire rod standing at 90 percent as of December 3.
Details of used and remaining quota volumes for certain products as of December 3 can be seen in the table below:
|
Product |
Quota (volume) |
Used Quota (volume) |
Remaining quota (volume) |
Used quota (%) |
|
HRC |
4,269,009 |
2,158,183 |
2,110,826 |
50.6 |
|
CRC |
1,318,865 |
570,907 |
747,958 |
43.3 |
|
Electrical sheets (other than GOES) |
178,704 |
94,870 |
83,834 |
53.1 |
|
Metallic coated sheets |
2,115,054 |
1,276,026 |
839,028 |
60.3 |
|
Quarto plates |
1,442,988 |
706,627 |
736,361 |
49.0 |
|
Merchant bars and light sections |
728,270 |
501,960 |
226,310 |
68.9 |
|
Rebar |
714,964 |
546,151 |
168,813 |
76.4 |
|
Wire rod |
1,058,110 |
953,839 |
104,271 |
90.1 |
|
Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non alloy steel |
167,817 |
100,131 |
67,686 |
59.7 |
|
Gas pipes |
185,280 |
138,888 |
46,392 |
75.0 |
|
Hollow sections |
387,343 |
325,843 |
61,500 |
84.1 |
|
|
258,133 |
60,599 |
197,534 |
23.5 |
|
Other welded pipes |
296,274 |
187,399 |
108,875 |
63.3 |
|
Non alloy wire |
393,031 |
271,746 |
121,285 |
69.1 |