The South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute has highlighted that ASEAN-6, which are mostly net importers for both semi-finished steel and finished steel products, may have a small impact from the Russia-Ukraine tension for a short period of time because these countries are not major sources of import for both semi-finished and finished steel products, although the import of slab from Russia is quite significant-----------------------------------------January – November 2011 ImportsBillet - 2 million tonnes, Russia 10%Slab - 3 million tonnes, Russia 20%Bars - 2.4 million, Russia & Ukraine small volumesPlates - 2.3 million tonnes, Russia & Ukraine small volumesHR - 13 million tonnes, Russia & Ukraine small volumesCR - 5 million tonnes, Russia & Uk
The South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute has highlighted that ASEAN-6, which are mostly net importers for both semi-finished steel and finished steel products, may have a small impact from the Russia-Ukraine tension for a short period of time because these countries are not major sources of import for both semi-finished and finished steel products, although the import of slab from Russia is quite significant-----------------------------------------January – November 2011 ImportsBillet - 2 million tonnes, Russia 10%Slab - 3 million tonnes, Russia 20%Bars - 2.4 million, Russia & Ukraine small volumesPlates - 2.3 million tonnes, Russia & Ukraine small volumesHR - 13 million tonnes, Russia & Ukraine small volumesCR - 5 million tonnes, Russia & Uk