Major Iranian steelmakers produced 20.6 million tons of crude steel in the first ten-month of the current Iranian year (March21,2018- Jan20, 2019), indicating a 13% rise compared with last year’s corresponding period.
Likewise, major Iranian steelmakers produced an aggregate of 17,572,000 tons of steel products in the first ten-month to register a 7% growth YOY.
During the period under review, Major Iranian mining companies produced a total of 21,964,000 tons of DRI to register an 18% increase compared to the same period of previous year.
Iran exported 3.972 million tons of steel ingots and 2.396 tons of steel products during the first ten months of the current fiscal year (March 21,2018-Jan 20, 2019), indicating a 26 percent decrease and 102% growth compared with last year’s corresponding period.
Moreover, during the period under review, Iran exported 503,000 tons of DRI to register an 11% decrease YOY.
Likewise, crude steel and steel products imports during the same period stood at 27,000 tons and 881,000 tons indicating a 39% and 53% fall respectively year-on-year.