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Brazil's steel consumption grows in Jan

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Update time : 2021-02-25 19:31:29
The latest statistics from the Brazil Steel Institute Aço Brasil showed that Brazil’s steel consumption in January was around 2.2 million tons, up by 25% from the same period last year. The domestic steel sales were roughly 1.9 million tons, up by nearly 25% from the same period last year.

In addition, the month’s crude steel output was 3 million tons, an increase of 10.8% from the same period last year. Among them, the output of flat products was 1.29 million tons, an increase of 5.6% year on year; long products output was 873,000 tons, an increase of 8.1% year on year.

Aço Brasil estimated that this year's steel consumption in Brazil will reach 22.45 million tons, an increase of 5.8% from last year; crude steel production will reach 33.04 million tons, an increase of 6.7% from last year.
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