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India Doubles Steel Exports In First Quarter Of FY21, China Emerges As Major Export Destination

Tarkesh JhaSep 09, 2020, 12:09 PM | Updated 12:08 PM IST
Steel rolls at plant in India (ABHIJIT BHATLEKAR/Mint via Getty Images)

Steel rolls at plant in India (ABHIJIT BHATLEKAR/Mint via Getty Images)


Joint Plant Commission (JPC) is under the ambit of Union Ministry of Steel and it records the data of the country’s iron and steel sector. According to their latest release, India exported more than twice the amount of finished steel from April-June 2020 than in the same period of the previous year, Sunday Guardian has reported.

China imported almost 28 per cent of the total amount of the product sourced from India. On the other hand, there was a 42 per cent reduction in the total finished steel imported to India, whereas the nation decreased its dependence on China for the given material by 21 per cent in the given time frame.


Consumption of the product fell by 43.3 per cent in the aforementioned months of 2020 with respect to 2019 too. However, a report from World Steel Association states that India continues to be the second largest steel producer in the world for consecutive years now.

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