For comparison, the production of rolled products decreased by 6.1 percent to 1,998 million tons, while the production of flat rolled products decreased by 6.8 percent toSimilarly, domestic sales of steel products decreased by 6.5 percent to 1.814 million tons, and apparent consumption of steel products decreased by 6.3 percent to 2.275 million tons, while exports increased by 28.1 percent to 907,000 tons and imports decreased by 21.4 percent to 473,000 tons.
When comparing the first ten months of 2025 and 2024, steel production decreased by 1.8 percent to 27.988 million tons, rolled products decreased by 1.2 percent to 19.976 million tons, and semi-finished products for sale decreased by 8.0 percent to 6.485 million tons.
Nevertheless, during this period, domestic sales of steel products increased by 0.3 percent to 17.864 million tons, apparent consumption increased by 2.9 percent to 22.709 million tons, imports increased by 6.1 percent to 5.549 million tons, and exports increased by 4.6 percent to 8.739 million tons.According to the EDB, the positive aspects of October include an increase in exports and a decrease in imports, while during the first ten months of the year there was an increase in exports, despite the increase in imports.
