BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 28
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The export of Iran's steel products amounted to 960,000 tons in total, during the first 6 months of the current Iranian year (March 20-September 21, 2020), Trend reports citing Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA).
According to the report, this is a decrease of 49 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
“In addition, Iran imported 394,000 tons of steel products within six months, and this is an increase of 74 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year,” the report added.
Iran's raw steel exports during the reporting period amounted to 2.57 million tons, which is a decrease of 19 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
|
Products |
Import (tons) |
Export (tons) |
||||
|
First six months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21, 2020) |
First six months of the last Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22, 2019) |
Percentage change (%) |
First six months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21, 2020) |
First six months of the last Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22, 2019) |
Percentage change (%) |
|
|
Steel poles |
6,000 |
6,000 |
0 |
68,000 |
90,000 |
-24 |
|
Fittings |
13,000 |
17,000 |
-24 |
642,000 |
1.2 million tons |
-47 |
|
Steel angle |
19,000 |
26,000 |
-27 |
60,000 |
107,000 |
-44 |
|
Long steel products |
38,000 |
49,000 |
-22 |
770,000 |
1.4 million tons |
-45 |
|
Hot rolled steel sheet |
153,000 |
32,000 |
378 |
142,000 |
297,000 |
-52 |
|
Cold rolled steel sheet |
94,000 |
59,000 |
59 |
18,000 |
76,000 |
-76 |
|
Galvanized steel |
109,000 |
87,000 |
25 |
30,000 |
105,000 |
-71 |
|
Steel Rollers |
394,000 |
227,000 |
74 |
190,000 |
478,000 |
-60 |
|
All steel products |
394,000 |
227,000 |
74 |
960,000 |
1.88 million tons |
-49 |
|
Billet and bloom |
2,000 |
1,000 |
100 |
1.98 million tons |
2.12 million tons |
-6 |
|
Slab |
1,000 |
1,000 |
0 |
583,000 |
1.05 million tons |
-45 |
|
Raw steel |
3,000 |
2,000 |
50 |
2.57 million tons |
3.17 million tons |
-19 |
|
Sponge steel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
174,000 |
605,000 |
-71 |