In October, the largest finished steel import permit applications for offshore countries were for South Korea.

January-October imports rose by 73.9pc from a year earlier to 17.71mn.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports down 63.82% year on year in September, 2020.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports down 45.83% year on year in Jan-Sep, 2020.

In September 2020, Japan imported 27693.078 tons of ferrosilicon, an increase of 125.55% over the previous month.

From January to September 2020, Japan imported 250201.03 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%).

Ukraine’s manganese ore imports declined by 7.5% in September,imports fell by 55.7% in the first nine months of 2020

U.S. imported a total of 1,255,000 net tons (NT) of steel in September 2020.