Latin America increased exports in the United States

According to the US statistics bureau, export became from Latin America to the United States increased by 40.2 percent in August compared to the same month of last year. The region exported 773,451 tons of steel in August compared to 551,564 tons in the same month of 2012, while export costs by only 7 percent compared to last year’s dollars to $ 400 million.

Brazil was the largest exporter from Latin America in volume, which amounted to 361,970 tons per month. It is followed by Mexico with 303888 tons, which significantly increased the volume of exports compared to August last year since 187,118 tons. Export from Argentina increased from 21,695 tons to 100,682 tons during the period, while Columbian exports fell from 6210 tons to 992 tons.

Mexico was the largest exporter steel in the region in importance in monetary terms of about $ 243 million. This is followed by Brazil from 195 million dollars, compared with $ 224 million and Argentin with $ 55.1 million, compared to $ 45.9 million when comparing a month for a month with last year.

Canada became the largest exporter in the world in August 2013 in the United States, which amounted to 436,157 tons in the amount of $ 419 million. The total volume of imports of the US steel for a month reached 2.6 million tons in the amount of 2.5 billion dollars, compared with July, 2.2 tons and 2.3 billion dollars.