December 02, 2008
Chinese billet and slab export during January to June 2007
Despite 10% export tax on billet and slab export, China has exported 0.752 million tonnes in the month of June 2007 and the total export during January to June 2007 has been 4.369 million tonnes.
During the first half of 2006, South Korea with 0.953 million tonnes accounted for 21.8% share and along with Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia accounted for almost 75% of the total export volumes.
China billet and slab export to different countries during January to June 2007
| Country | Jun'07 | Jan-Jun'07 | Share |
| Total | 752642 | 4369872 | |
| South Korea | 219958 | 953163 | 21.8% |
| Vietnam | 118761 | 774361 | 17.7% |
| Taiwan | 57975 | 618111 | 14.1% |
| Thailand | 19122 | 485803 | 11.1% |
| Indonesia | 55444 | 413825 | 9.5% |
| Saudi Arabia | 58928 | 251205 | 5.7% |
| Malaysia | 42723 | 179091 | 4.1% |
| Hong Kong | 34846 | 118298 | 2.7% |
| Philippines | 19728 | 116849 | 2.7% |
| UAE | 49895 | 104496 | 2.4% |
| Kuwait | 24955 | 93724 | 2.1% |
| Iran | 45204 | 88854 | 2.0% |
| Italy | 1 | 40533 | 0.9% |
| Jordan | 0 | 24737 | 0.6% |
| Oman | 0 | 24585 | 0.6% |
| Turkey | 0 | 20524 | 0.5% |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 20446 | 0.5% |
| Burma | 0 | 11917 | 0.3% |
| US | 0 | 11070 | 0.3% |
| Japan | 5004 | 10810 | 0.2% |
| Others | 100 | 7470 | 0.2% |
Billets and slabs referred to in the above table includes
1. Common carbon billets and slabs
2. High carbon billets and slabs
3. Stainless steel billets and slabs
4. Alloyed forging billets and slabs
5. Other alloyed billets and slabs
(Sourced from MySteel.net)
