Japan and the US remained Vietnam's top two suppliers and accounted for 58pc of total imports in September.

US domestic raw steel production was 1,688,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 75.7 percent.

Finished Import Market Share Estimated at 22 Percent in September.

Down 2.1 Percent YTD in 2022 from Same Period in 2021.

Peru’s mining exports fell in the first eight months, the first accumulated year-on-year drop in 2022.

It was a 9.2% decrease from the 2,485,000 permit tons recorded in August and a 10.1% decrease from the August final imports total of 2,510,000.

In the week ending on October 1, 2022, domestic raw steel production was 1,700,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 77.1 percent.

Exports to the three major destinations — South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan, China.