Lok Sabha Question No. 4299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Steel Import and Export
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4299

## FOR ANSWER ON 22/03/2021

## STEEL IMPORT AND EXPORT

4299.  SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantity of steel imported and exported to/from various countries;
- (b) the details of steel production in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is considering to bring in policy changes related to National Steel Policy, 2017; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## ANSWER

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Details  of  country-wise  import  and  export  of  finished  steel  during  last  three years and current year i.e., April-January, 2020-21 (prov.) are placed at Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively.
- (b) Details of state wise details of crude steel production during last three years and the current year i.e., April-January, 2020-21 (prov.) are placed at Annexure-III .

(c)&(d): No, Sir.

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## Annexure-I

| IMPORT OF FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)            | IMPORT OF FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)            | IMPORT OF FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)            | IMPORT OF FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)            | IMPORT OF FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes)            |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Country                                           | 2017-18                                           | 2018-19                                           | 2019-20                                           | April-February, 2020-21*                          |
| AUSTRIA                                           | 13                                                | 13                                                | 13                                                | 70                                                |
| BELGIUM                                           | 99                                                | 118                                               | 74                                                | 52                                                |
| BRAZIL                                            | 22                                                | 33                                                | 23                                                | 5                                                 |
| CANADA                                            | 15                                                | 13                                                | 20                                                | 15                                                |
| CHINA                                             | 1902                                              | 1539                                              | 1207                                              | 784                                               |
| FINLAND                                           | 13                                                | 14                                                | 9                                                 | 4                                                 |
| FRANCE                                            | 76                                                | 58                                                | 56                                                | 96                                                |
| GERMANY                                           | 145                                               | 166                                               | 135                                               | 133                                               |
| INDONESIA                                         | 107                                               | 228                                               | 464                                               | 78                                                |
| ITALY                                             | 110                                               | 58                                                | 81                                                | 30                                                |
| JAPAN                                             | 1176                                              | 1271                                              | 1018                                              | 486                                               |
| KOREA                                             | 2473                                              | 2931                                              | 2687                                              | 1740                                              |
| KUWAIT                                            | 2                                                 | 5                                                 | 8                                                 | 3                                                 |
| MALAYSIA                                          | 32                                                | 50                                                | 51                                                | 40                                                |
| NEPAL                                             | 9                                                 | 3                                                 | 6                                                 | 6                                                 |
| NETHERLANDS                                       | 7                                                 | 18                                                | 11                                                | 14                                                |
| POLAND                                            | 14                                                | 12                                                | 8                                                 | 4                                                 |
| RUSSIA                                            | 150                                               | 126                                               | 71                                                | 57                                                |
| SINGAPORE                                         | 72                                                | 117                                               | 139                                               | 30                                                |
| SLOVENIA                                          | 11                                                | 11                                                | 11                                                | 7                                                 |
| SOUTH AFRICA                                      | 40                                                | 41                                                | 22                                                | 14                                                |
| SPAIN                                             | 30                                                | 25                                                | 32                                                | 15                                                |
| SWEDEN                                            | 33                                                | 24                                                | 23                                                | 25                                                |
| TAIWAN                                            | 271                                               | 262                                               | 165                                               | 165                                               |
| THAILAND                                          | 44                                                | 85                                                | 52                                                | 48                                                |
| U.K.                                              | 43                                                | 20                                                | 17                                                | 9                                                 |
| UAE                                               | 24                                                | 21                                                | 21                                                | 17                                                |
| UKRAINE                                           | 47                                                | 182                                               | 84                                                | 30                                                |
| USA                                               | 127                                               | 74                                                | 65                                                | 49                                                |
| VIETNAM                                           | 203                                               | 167                                               | 86                                                | 116                                               |
| OTHERS                                            | 173                                               | 148                                               | 110                                               | 110                                               |
| TOTAL                                             | 7483                                              | 7835                                              | 6768                                              | 4252                                              |
| Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional |

## Annexure-II

|                                      | EXPORT OF   | FINISHED 2018-19   | STEEL ('000 2019-20   | tonnes) April-February, 2020-21*   |
|--------------------------------------|-------------|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
| Country ARGENTINA                    | 2017-18 50  | 1                  | 2                     | 22                                 |
| AUSTRALIA                            | 26          | 49                 | 18                    | 43                                 |
| BANGLADESH                           | 149         | 115                | 184                   | 148                                |
| BELGIUM                              | 976         | 617                | 403                   | 370                                |
| CANADA                               | 50          | 53                 | 60                    | 40                                 |
| CHILE                                | 6           | 3                  | 30                    | 3                                  |
| CHINA                                | 26          | 3                  | 73                    | 2053                               |
| COLOMBIA                             | 16          | 18                 | 19                    | 9                                  |
| DJIBOUTI                             | 38          | 46                 | 47                    | 3                                  |
| ECUADOR                              | 19          | 6                  | 8                     | 5                                  |
| EGYPT                                | 61          | 64                 | 15                    | 55                                 |
| ETHIOPIA                             | 106         | 97                 | 47                    | 19                                 |
| FRANCE                               | 9           | 17                 | 27                    | 1                                  |
| GERMANY                              | 41          | 23                 | 25                    | 18                                 |
| GHANA                                | 27          | 14                 | 17                    | 8                                  |
| GREECE                               | 33          | 10                 | 33                    | 37                                 |
| INDONESIA                            | 197         | 87                 | 102                   | 23                                 |
| IRAN                                 | 63          | 8                  | 3                     | 1                                  |
| ITALY                                | 1239        | 833                | 793                   | 752                                |
| JAPAN                                | 6           | 0                  | 2                     | 2                                  |
| KENYA                                | 40          | 4                  | 7                     | 37                                 |
| KUWAIT                               | 22          | 20                 | 16                    | 12                                 |
| MADAGASCAR                           | 8           | 2                  | 1                     | 1                                  |
| MALAYSIA                             | 363         | 206                | 168                   | 64                                 |
| MEXICO                               | 118         | 36                 | 20                    | 18                                 |
| MYANMAR                              | 201         | 29                 | 58                    | 93                                 |
| NEPAL                                | 661         | 837                | 955                   | 681                                |
| NETHERLANDS                          | 52          | 29                 | 27                    | 24                                 |
| OMAN                                 | 55          | 58                 | 162                   | 104                                |
| PERU                                 | 33          | 3                  | 2                     | 3                                  |
| PHILIPPINES                          | 51          | 2                  | 25                    | 1                                  |
| POLAND                               | 139         | 73                 | 67                    | 67                                 |
| PORTUGAL                             | 109         | 62                 | 102                   | 110                                |
| QATAR                                | 30          | 26                 | 38                    | 51                                 |
| ROMANIA                              | 34          | 26                 | 43                    | 67                                 |
| RUSSIA                               | 24          | 10                 | 26                    | 45                                 |
| SAUDI ARABIA                         | 270         | 122                | 172                   | 215                                |
| SINGAPORE                            | 174         | 18                 | 13                    | 33                                 |
| SOMALIA                              | 16          | 8                  | 5                     | 3                                  |
| SOUTH AFRICA                         | 13          | 6                  | 5                     | 53                                 |
| SPAIN                                | 566         | 352                | 280                   | 319                                |
| SRI LANKA                            | 172         | 85                 | 141                   | 121                                |
| SWEDEN                               | 16          | 3                  | 6                     | 4                                  |
| TAIWAN                               | 81          | 22                 | 190                   | 124                                |
| THAILAND                             | 98          | 71                 | 88                    | 117                                |
| TURKEY                               | 183         | 68                 | 40                    | 23                                 |
| U.K.                                 | 121         | 83                 | 83                    | 80                                 |
| UAE                                  | 715         | 680                | 865                   | 756                                |
| USA                                  | 325         | 98                 | 51                    | 24                                 |
|                                      | 929         |                    | 2337                  | 2028                               |
| VIETNAM OTHERS                       | 819         | 709 487            | 427                   | 580                                |
| TOTAL 9620                           |             | 6361               |                       |                                    |
| Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); |             | *provisional       | 8355                  | 9492                               |

Crude Steel: State Wise Production ('000t)

| State                  | 2017-18         | 2018-19         | 2019-20         | April-February, 2020-21*   |
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
| EASTERN REGION         | EASTERN REGION  | EASTERN REGION  | EASTERN REGION  | EASTERN REGION             |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 62              | 39              | 29              | 0                          |
| Assam                  | 229             | 83              | 67              | 50                         |
| Bihar                  | 703             | 563             | 540             | 414                        |
| Jharkhand              | 17113           | 17238           | 17209           | 14166                      |
| Meghalaya              | 74              | 65              | 92              | 28                         |
| Odisha                 | 16968           | 19299           | 20253           | 19444                      |
| Tripura                | 20              | 7               | 12              | 7                          |
| West Bengal            | 7840            | 7471            | 7764            | 6233                       |
| Eastern Region Total   | 43009           | 44765           | 45965           | 40343                      |
| WESTERN REGION         | WESTERN REGION  | WESTERN REGION  | WESTERN REGION  | WESTERN REGION             |
| Chhattisgarh           | 13033           | 13164           | 13534           | 11874                      |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 246             | 291             | 285             | 128                        |
| Daman and Diu          | 33              | 50              | 46              | 34                         |
| Goa                    | 345             | 429             | 423             | 366                        |
| Gujarat                | 8260            | 8654            | 8680            | 7670                       |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 144             | 506             | 438             | 328                        |
| Maharashtra            | 8457            | 9114            | 8260            | 7078                       |
| Western Region Total   | 30518           | 32207           | 31667           | 27478                      |
| NORTHERN REGION        | NORTHERN REGION | NORTHERN REGION | NORTHERN REGION | NORTHERN REGION            |
| Delhi                  | 12              | 13              | 12              | 9                          |
| Haryana                | 806             | 803             | 596             | 637                        |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 458             | 730             | 864             | 663                        |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 130             | 136             | 114             | 106                        |
| Punjab                 | 2779            | 3611            | 3310            | 2572                       |
| Rajasthan              | 793             | 1158            | 749             | 526                        |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 1001            | 1321            | 1198            | 888                        |
| Uttarakhand            | 438             | 1069            | 1077            | 845                        |
| Northern Region Total  | 6417            | 8840            | 7919            | 6245                       |
| SOUTHERN REGION        | SOUTHERN REGION | SOUTHERN REGION | SOUTHERN REGION | SOUTHERN REGION            |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 6156            | 6933            | 6539            | 5043                       |
| Karnataka              | 12766           | 13327           | 12875           | 10671                      |
| Kerala                 | 336             | 349             | 304             | 217                        |
| Puducherry             | 162             | 190             | 210             | 162                        |
| Tamil Nadu             | 2699            | 3036            | 2505            | 1872                       |
| Telangana              | 1070            | 1274            | 1154            | 1073                       |
| Southern Region Total  | 23187           | 25109           | 23586           | 19039                      |
| All Region Total       | 103131          | 110921          | 109137          | 93105                      |

## Annexure-III