The following trends are clearly traced on the world markets: the widespread increase in export supplies of steel from China (by 16%), the increase in export supplies by the largest exporters (with the exception of Ukraine, Brazil and a number of European countries), a decrease in the import of metal distribution from developed countries (with the exception of the United States, which increased their imports by 16%), increased consumption of steel -developing steel developing The countries of Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philipins), also a certain increase in imports was shown by the countries of Eastern Europe.
The Chinese economy demonstrates a slowdown in growth. The production of steel in 2012 increased by only 3.1% and amounted to 716 million tons, while the visible consumption increased by less than 2%. In the future, a further slowdown in the growth rate of demand for steel, an increase in the export of products of the mining metallurgical sector, a further decrease in dependence on the supply of imported products are predicted. The consequence of this will be an excess supply of steel in all markets, provoking a drop in prices.The Russian market has remained one of the dynamic. The growth in the consumption of metal rolling in the Russian Federation amounted to 5%, increasing to 40 million tons, imports increased by another 7%, export by 10%. Today we observe a change in the structure of exports - imports: the share of semi -finished products increases in the volume of export supplies, and the share of products with high added value is growing in the volume of imports. The demand for the construction of construction purposes is most dynamically growing. In the future, the annual increase in consumption of this type of metal production in Russia will be 5 - 7%, however, in most segments of steel rental, excess capacity will remain.
