Thailand Import Steel Statistics, July 2019

Thailand’s Semi finish & Finish long steel imports surged in Jul’19, as per custom data maintained with SteelMint.

Ferrous Scrap- Ferrous scrap import is registered at 0.06 MnT in Jul’19 plunged by 53.84% against 0.13 MnT in Jun’19.
In line, on yearly basis it has been declined by 40% in Jul’19 against 0.1 MnT in Jul’18.

Semi Finish – Nation’s semi finish (Billet/Pig iron) import on monthly basis is registered at 0.49 MnT in Jul’19 surged by 13.95% against 0.43 MnT in Jun’19.
Meanwhile on yearly premises import enlarged by 250% in Jul’19 compared to 0.14 MnT in Jul’18.

Finish Long Steel- On monthly basis country’s finish long steel import is registered at 0.09 MnT in Jul’19 surged by 12.5% against 0.08 MnT in Jun’19.

In context country’s crude steel production remained stable with 0.42 MnT in Jul’19 as compared to previous month.

Commodity wise – Rebar imports registered at 0.07 MnT in Jul’19 up by 16.67% against 0.06 MnT in Jun’19 followed by Structure (Angle & Channel) and Wire rod import is recorded at 0.01 MnT and 0.02 MnT respectively in Jul’19 which remained stable against previous month.

Load Country wise– On monthly basis Japan stood as top exporter of finish long steel to Thailand and registered at 0.03 MnT in Jul’19 enlarged by 50% compared to 0.02 MnT in Jun’19 followed by China – 0.02 MnT in Jul’19 (+100%) compared to 0.01 MnT in Jun’19 and Malaysia at 0.01 MnT in Jul’19 down by 50% against 0.02 MnT in Jun’19.

Finish Flat Steel- Country’s finish flat steel import is registered at 0.85 MnT in Jul’19; down by 2.29% against 0.87 MnT in Jun’19, whereas on yearly premises imports moved up by 34.92% in Jul’19 compared with 0.63 MnT in Jul’18.

Graphite Electrode- On monthly basis country’s Graphite electrode import registered at 1,061 MT in Jul’19; up by 5.9% compared to 1,001 MT in Jun’19 and on yearly basis also import increased by 5.36% in Jul’19 as against 1,007 MT in Jul’18.

Mr Rajiv Mangal, President & CEO, Tata Steel Thailand while addressing at SteelMint’s 4th Steel Scrap, Billet & DRI Summit in Bangkok, Thailand shared that with upcoming construction projects and metro projects, Thailand steel industry is expected to see demand boost up from Jan’2020. The government is working on bringing infrastructure changes in airports, metro stations in pipeline. This is expected to boost country long steel demand.