Key finished steel products indicating month-on-month import increases from March to April include all metallic sheet and strip, reinforcing bars, heavy structural shapes, oil country goods, line pipe, and plates in coils.
In April, the largest offshore importers were South Korea (196,000 nt), Japan (91,000 nt), Turkey (86,000 nt), Germany (86,000 nt) and Taiwan (68,000 nt).