Finished steel exports surge 17% in FY18
The country had exported 8.242 MT finished steel during 2016-17 fiscal, the Joint Plant Committee (JPC) said in a report. "Export of total finished steel was up by 16.7 per cent in April-March 2017-18 at 9.621 MT over same period of last year, in which contribution of the non-alloy steel segment stood at 8.727 MT, while the rest was the contribution of the alloy steel segment including stainless steel," the JPC report said
In March 2018, the overall export fell sharply by 56.3 per cent to 0.708 MT from 1.621 MT during the same month a year ago. Image source: PTI