Posted on 15 Dec 2015
The country’s hot rolled coil (HRC) imports totaled 6,653 mt, rising significantly by 13.2% year-on-year. The HRC imports by Brazil had totaled 5,876 mt during November last year. The value of HRC imports totaled $3.02 million FOB during November this year.
Brazil imported 14,804 mt of cold rolled coils (CRC) during Nov ’15, down considerably by 52.6% when matched with the imports of 31,210 mt during same month a year before. The value of CRC imports totaled $6.93 million during the month.
The hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) steel imports by Brazil dropped considerably by 50% to 17,697 mt, falling from 35,405 mt a year before. The value of HDG imports totaled $9.49 million.
The cumulative steel sheet imports by Brazil during the eleven-month period from January to November this year totaled 779,641 mt. The imports dropped by 27.5% when matched with the imports of nearly 1.07 million mt during the corresponding eleven-month period in 2014. The value of imports dropped from $742.68 million FOB a year before to $462.66 million FOB during Jan-Nov ’15.
