This was a 9.8% increase from the 2,262,000 permit tons recorded in December and a 12.7% increase from the December final imports total of 2,203,000.

A comparison of shipments for the full year 2022 to full year 2021 shows the following changes: corrosion-resistant sheet and strip down 8 percent, hot rolled sheet down 10 percent and cold rolled sheet down 15 percent.

In 2021, Vietnam spent 11.5 billion dollars importing more than 12.3 million tons of steel and iron, down 7.1 percent in volume but up 42.6 percent in value against 2020, according to its General Statistics Office.

Adjusted year-to-date production through November 26, 2022 was 81,245,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 78.5 percent.

Steel output up 5.8% in Hebei Province from January to October.

Pig iron output down 4.0% in Hebei Province from January to October.

Crude steel output down 4.0% in Hebei Province from January to October.

From January to October 2022, the national crude steel output was 861 million tons.