December 02, 2008

Italian scrap imports drop in 2007

Italian scrap import totaled 5.24 million tonne in 2007 down by 440,000 tonne or 7.7% YoY.

The report said that shipments from Germany were 1.493 million tonne accounting for 28.5% down by 13.6% YoY. France took 1.12 million tonne, accounting for 21.4%, decreasing by 5%YoY and the two countries’ export volume accounted for 49.9% in total.

In addition, Australia increased its exports by 23.7% to Italia at 741,000 tonne.

(Sourced from YIEH.com)