In the January-May period this year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 2.203 million metric tons, down by nine percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 3.332 million metric tons, up 27.3 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai.
In particular, in the January-May period of the current year, Italy's flat steel product imports from non-EU countries increased by 63.3 percent, its flat steel product exports to non-EU destinations decreased by 25.9 percent, while long steel product exports to these countries rose by 10.1 percent, all year on year.
|
Products |
Imports non-EU |
Exports non-EU |
Balance |
|||||
|
Jan-May 2012 |
Jan-May 2013 |
Change (%) |
Jan-May 2012 |
Jan-May 2013 |
Change (%) |
Jan-May 2012 |
Jan-May 2013 |
|
|
Ingots and semi-finished products |
1,196 |
1,270 |
6.2 |
106 |
114 |
7.3 |
-1,090 |
-1,156 |
|
Long products |
205 |
191 |
-6.8 |
808 |
890 |
10.1 |
603 |
699 |
|
Flat products |
1,032 |
1,032 |
63.3 |
861 |
638 |
-25.9 |
-171 |
-1,047 |
|
1st manufacturing products (*) |
152 |
155 |
2 |
553 |
456 |
-17.5 |
401 |
301 |
|
2nd manufacturing products (**) |
32 |
31 |
-3.1 |
94 |
105 |
11.7 |
62 |
74 |
|
Total |
2,617 |
3,332 |
27.3 |
2,422 |
2,203 |
-9 |
-159 |
-1,129 |
(*) 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
