Thailand: Steel billet imports fall by 8% y-o-y in CY’23

  • Thailand’s steel billet imports fell by 8% y-o-y to 2.33 mnt in CY’23 (Jan-Dec’23) as compared to 2.54 mnt in the year-ago period, as per Customs data maintained with BigMint.
  • Oman emerged as the largest exporter with 902,027 t followed by Japan with 660,971 t.
  • Meanwhile, import volumes decreased by 14% m-o-m to 231,605 t as compared to 268,845 t.