Belarus’ rolled metal output down 6% in Jan-Jun 2020 to 1.197m tonnes
<p> MINSK, Jul 28 - PrimePress. Belarus’ output of finished rolled products decreased in January-June 2020 by 6% year on year to 1.197 million tonnes, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> Steel output fell by 5.9% to 1.287 million tonnes, steel rods and hot-rolled rods – down 2.7% to 1.031 million tonnes, steel cord – down 35.6% to 29,900 tonnes, shaped (corrugated) sheets from unalloyed steel – up 16% to 11,030 tonnes. </p> <p> </p> <p> Total output of metallurgical and finished metal products (6.4% of total industrial output) decreased in Jan-Jun 2020 by 3.8% to Br3.405 billion ($1.425 billion at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). </p> <p> </p> <p> Inventories of finished products amounted to Br163.6 million ($68.483 million) as of Jul 1, 2020 or 41.2% of average monthly output, up 2.5 percentage points month on month, up 3.6 p.p. year on year. End (Br2.3889/$1) </p>
2020-07-29
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MINSK, Jul 28 - PrimePress. Belarus’ output of finished rolled products decreased in January-June 2020 by 6% year on year to 1.197 million tonnes, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) reports.
Steel output fell by 5.9% to 1.287 million tonnes, steel rods and hot-rolled rods – down 2.7% to 1.031 million tonnes, steel cord – down 35.6% to 29,900 tonnes, shaped (corrugated) sheets from unalloyed steel – up 16% to 11,030 tonnes.
Total output of metallurgical and finished metal products (6.4% of total industrial output) decreased in Jan-Jun 2020 by 3.8% to Br3.405 billion ($1.425 billion at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus).
Inventories of finished products amounted to Br163.6 million ($68.483 million) as of Jul 1, 2020 or 41.2% of average monthly output, up 2.5 percentage points month on month, up 3.6 p.p. year on year. End (Br2.3889/$1)