Czech Republic Flat Steel Imports inch down by 5% M-o-M in Feb’19- Nation’s flat steel imports on monthly basis registered a marginal decline of 5% in Feb’19 to 0.4 MnT which was 0.42 MnT in Jan’19.
Where as on yearly premises the imports moved up by 3% in Feb’19 as compared to 0.39 MnT in Feb’18.
During first two months of (Jan-Feb) CY’19 nation’s imports stood at 0.82 MnT remained at similiar levels in Jan-Feb’18.
Country-wise Czech Republic Flat steel imports in Feb’19- Czech Republic imported 0.10 MnT of flat steel from Germany in Feb’19 which was 0.11 MnT in Jan’19.
Following this nation imported flat steel from Slovakia at 0.08 MnT (20%), Poland at 0.04 MnT (10%), Italy and Austria at 0.03 MnT (7%) in Feb’19.
Finished long steel imports remain stable M-o-M in Feb’19- Nation’s finish long imports stood at 0.09 MnT remained stable in Jan and Feb’19.
On a yearly basis, imports registered a fall by 10 % in Feb’19 against 0.1 MnT in Feb’18.
During first two months (Jan-Feb) CY’19 nation’s long steel imports declined by 14% to 0.18 MnT in comparison to 0.21 MnT in same time frame of previous year.
Country-wise Czech Republic Long steel imports in Feb’19- Poland stood as the largest finish long steel exporting country to the Czech Republic at 0.04 MnT followed by Germany at 0.02 MnT and Italy at 0.01 MnT in Feb’19.
| Czech Republic Import Feb’19 | ||||||
| Commodity | Sub Commodity | February’19 | January’19 | % Change M-o-M | February’18 | % Change Y-o-Y |
| Finish Flat | HRC/Plate | 111,952 | 99,458 | 12.6 | 109,953 | 1.8 |
| Galvanised Steel | 103,060 | 102,059 | 1.0 | 92,484 | 11.4 | |
| Electrical Steel | 66,127 | 85,861 | -23.0 | 63,402 | 4.3 | |
| Pipes and Tubes | 45,791 | 44,202 | 3.6 | 46,795 | -2.1 | |
| CRC | 44,303 | 49,329 | -10.2 | 41,252 | 7.4 | |
| Others | 33,313 | 37,339 | -10.8 | 40,246 | -17.2 | |
| Total Finish Flat | 404,547 | 418,248 | -3.3 | 394,133 | 2.6 | |
| Finish Long | Rebar | 50,024 | 37,342 | 34.0 | 52,858 | -5.4 |
| Structure | 30,362 | 39,481 | -23.1 | 35,346 | -14.1 | |
| Wire Rod | 13,886 | 10,875 | 27.7 | 11,448 | 21.3 | |
| Total Finish Long | 94,272 | 87,698 | 7.5 | 99,652 | -5.4 | |
Source: SteelMint Research
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