BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 18
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The export of Iran's steel products amounted to 1.34 million tons in total, during the first 7 months of the current Iranian year (from March 20 through October 21, 2020), Trend reports citing Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA).
According to the report, this is a decrease of 37 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
“In addition, Iran imported 482,000 tons of steel products within seven months, which is an increase of 50 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year,” the report added.
Iran's raw steel exports during the reporting period amounted to 3.19 million tons, which is a decrease of 16 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
|
Products |
Import (tons) |
Export (tons) |
||||
|
First seven months of the current Iranian year (Mar. 20 through Oct. 21, 2020) |
First seven months of the last Iranian year (Mar. 21 through Oct. 22, 2019) |
Percentage change (%) |
First seven months of the current Iranian year (Mar. 20 through Oct. 21, 2020) |
First seven months of the last Iranian year (Mar. 21 through Oct. 22, 2019) |
Percentage change (%) |
|
|
Steel poles |
7,000 |
7,000 |
0 |
95,000 |
106,000 |
-10 |
|
Fittings |
15,000 |
23,000 |
-35 |
834,000 |
1.4 million |
-40 |
|
Steel angle |
24,000 |
30,000 |
-20 |
104,000 |
128,000 |
-19 |
|
Long steel products |
46,000 |
60,000 |
-23 |
1.03 million |
1.63 million |
-37 |
|
Hot rolled steel sheet |
179,000 |
47,000 |
235,000 |
295,000 |
295,000 |
-20 |
|
Cold rolled steel sheet |
123,000 |
83,000 |
48 |
25,000 |
86,000 |
-71 |
|
Galvanized steel |
134,000 |
131,000 |
2 |
52,000 |
112,000 |
-54 |
|
Steel Rollers |
436,000 |
261,000 |
67 |
312,000 |
493,000 |
-37 |
|
All steel products |
482,000 |
321,000 |
50 |
1.34 million |
2.12 million |
-37 |
|
Billet and bloom |
3,000 |
2,000 |
50 |
2.45 million |
2.6 million |
-6 |
|
Slab |
1,000 |
2,000 |
-50 |
740,000 |
1.2 million |
-39 |
|
Raw steel |
4,000 |
4,000 |
0 |
3.19 million |
3.8 million |
-19 |
|
Sponge steel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
184,000 |
655,000 |
-72 |