Posted on 19 Oct 2015
The country’s hot rolled coil (HRC) imports totaled 4,769 mt, falling significantly by 73.7% year-on-year. The HRC imports by Brazil had totaled 18,137 mt during September last year. The value of HRC imports totaled $2.34 million FOB during September this year.
Brazil imported 22,046 mt of cold rolled coils (CRC) during Sep ’15, down by 60.5% when matched with the imports of 55,802 mt during same month a year before. The value of CRC imports totaled $11.43 million during the month.
The hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) steel imports by Brazil dropped considerably by 77.2% to 13,164 mt, falling from 57,716 mt a year before. The value of HDG imports totaled $8.32 million.
The cumulative steel sheet imports by Brazil during the nine-month period from January to September this year totaled 508,971 mt. The imports dropped by almost one-third when matched with the imports of 764,988 mt during the corresponding nine-month period in 2014. The value of imports dropped from $719.21 million FOB a year before to $487.32 million FOB during Jan-Sep ’15.
