Finished carbon steel production up 6.6% during Apr-Dec'07

New Delhi, Jan 18 (UNI) Production of finished carbon steel went up by 6.6 per cent during April-December 2007 compared to the corresponding period of last year.

Finished carbon steel production touched 38.05 million tonnes during the first nine months of 2007-08 compared to 35.704 million tonnes during the same period in 2006-07.

Imports of finished carbon steel during April-December 2007 went up by 66.9 per cent from 2.936 million tonnes last year to 4.9 million tonnes this year. During the same period exports recorded a rise of 9.1 per cent to 3.850 million tonnes from 3.529 million tonnes in the previous year.

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