In July Turkey imported 830.2 thousand tons of rolled sheet, up by 32.3% YoY. Hot-rolled sheet accounted for 501.9 thousand tons, up by 38.3% YoY. The largest supplier is still Russia. In July Russia supplied 262.5 thousand tons of hot-rolled metal to Turkey. Imports from Ukraine reached 30.4 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
According to preliminary results, in July the USA imported 3.15 million tons of steel, down by 11.5% MoM, but up by 6.3% YoY. The main decrease was on behalf of semi-finished products – down by 300 thousand tons MoM. Brazilian companies decreased supplies, while Russian increased slab deliveries. All in all in July Russia supplied…
The port of Antwerp says Russia is its fourth-largest trading partner. In 2016 the port handled 11.2 million tons of cargo from or destined for the world’s largest country. Steel and container freight continue to do particularly well in this area. In 2016 steel imports from Russia rose from 268,000 to no less than 424,000…
In January the USA imported 2.512 million tons of steel, up by 4.6% YoY and by 2.6% MoM. In particular, Russia increased steel exports by 73.5% YoY, while India – by 237.8%. Still Russia wasn’t able to get into the top steel suppliers list. The list consists of South Korea (311 thousand tons, up by…
In January-October Russian steel exports totaled 35.563 million tons, up by 3% YoY. Exports to far foreign countries accounted for 31.127 million tons. Ferrous metals exports (apart from pig iron, ferroalloys, waste and scrap) totaled 24.131 million tons, up by 4.6% YoY. Far foreign countries imported 20.859 million tons of ferrous metals. Semi-finished carbon steel…
In January-September Russia exported 160 thousand tons of transformer steel valued at $227 million, down by 14% and by 22.5% YoY respectively. These are the lowest results in 3 years. Some 22% was exported to India, down by 2% YoY. Turkey occupies the second position with 19%, down by 30% YoY, while last year it…
Ukraine’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade plans to hold talks with Egypt to discuss expanding trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, including on removing restrictions on the supply of Ukrainian steel products.
Brazil will charge antidumping penalties on boron-added steel plate from China and Ukraine, Brazil’s Secex foreign trade bureau has decided, adding the product to such penalties on painted heavy plates.