Posted on 21 Dec 2011
According to statistics, Thailand imported 211 thousand tons of scrap in October, surged substantially by 2.5 times in comparison of that in the same period of last year.
Also, this is the first time to break 200 thousand tons over the past five months.
Among them, 151 thousand tons were from the US, surged by 456.2%; 9,000 tons were from Philippines, soared by 29.9%, both compared to that in the same period of last year.
Besides, Thailand’s scrap imports in the first ten months of this year totaled 1.591 million tons, increased by 52.6% year on year.
Accordingly, it’s estimated that the country’s total scrap imports in 2011 would reach 1.91 million tons.
