The raw steel production suffered a fall from 8.6% In June in front of May, when reaching 320,100 tonsaccording to the latest report of the Argentine steel chamber. Although, compared against the same month of 2024 showed a rise of 16.5%.
Meanwhile, the Hot -finished rolled production It was from 262,500 tonswhich represented a fall in 20.9% Regarding the previous month and a rise in 12.2% interannual.
So and everything from the Argentine Steel Chamber stressed that this year there will be a demand slightly superior to 2024although it will still be Below the levels reached in previous years.
Steel production in detail
The Primary iron production It was 146,500 tons in June, resulting 26.5% less than May (199,300 tons) and 36.8% lower than June 2024 (231,900 tons).
Meanwhile, the cold laminated planes They reached 94,500 tons, resulting in 18.4% lower than the previous month (115,800 tons) and 15.3% higher than June (82,000 tons).
The steel demanding activity sectors do not raise their heads
The activity of the steel demanding sectors still fail to stabilize near the levels achieved previous years: the construction It continues with low levels of disparate activity that does not allow to glimpse a change in trend; the Cement offices 1% fell in June with respect to the previous month and the National Production Automotive Sector showed a decrease of 11% compared to May, although the increase was from 34% In relation to the same month last year.
He agricultural machinery and implements It maintains a good demand level, driven by a remarkable thick harvest. Although threats continue due to the increase in imports of new and used machinery, both complete and components, mainly from Brazil and China, which impact national production.
Among the segments associated with mass consumptionsuch as white line, tin containers and drums, national production is affected due to the increase in imported imports. In the specific case of white line, an incipient consumption activation is observed in parallel, fundamentally leveraged in the increase in available financing options.
Source: Ambito
