Lok Sabha Question No. 2311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Countervailing Duties on Import of Steel Products
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE *****

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2311

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2021 AGRAHAYANA 22, 1943 (SAKA)

## COUNTERVAILING DUTIES ON IMPORT OF STEEL PRODUCTS

## 2311. SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

## Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  suspended  the  countervailing  duties  on  import  of  stainlesssteel flat products from Indonesia and/or China in Budget 2021- 22 till September, 2021 and has now extended the suspension for another five months and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b)  whether it is a fact that this has been done despite reports of unfair trade practices of these countries including non WTO-compliant subsidies and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is also a fact that due to this, there was a 115 per cent surge in import of steel during April - September, 2021 on YoY basis and if so, the details thereof;
- (d the  monthly  details  of  steel  imports  including  country-of-origin  during  the  last  five  years including 2021; and
- (e) the details of domestic demand, production capacity and unutilised production capacity and import of steel during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a) and (b): In view of sharp rise in prices of Steel products, countervailing duties on Stainless Steel  Flat  Products  were  temporarily  revoked  till  30 th September  2021  in  the  Union  Budget 2021-22. This revocation was further extended upto 31st January 2022
- (c) and (d) : The monthly details of the steel imports including country-of-origin for the last five years, including the current year 2021 are attached in the annexure.
- (e): Data on overall consumption of total finished steel in India during last five years is given below: -

| Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Consumption   | Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Consumption   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                             | Qty (mt)                                                         |
| 2016-17                                                          | 84.04                                                            |
| 2017-18                                                          | 90.71                                                            |
| 2018-19                                                          | 98.71                                                            |
| 2019-20                                                          | 100.17                                                           |
| 2020-21                                                          | 94.89                                                            |

Source: JPC

Data on capacity, production and capacity utilization of crude steel in India during last five years is given below: -

| Year    | Crude steel   | Crude steel     | Crude steel              |
|---------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
| Year    | Capacity (mt) | Production (mt) | Capacity utilization (%) |
| 2016-17 | 128.28        | 97.94           | 76                       |
| 2017-18 | 137.98        | 103.13          | 75                       |
| 2018-19 | 142.24        | 110.92          | 78                       |
| 2019-20 | 142.3         | 109.14          | 77                       |
| 2020-21 | 143.91        | 103.54          | 72                       |

Source: JPC

Data on overall import of total finished steel by India during last five years is given below:

| Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Import   | Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Import   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                        | Qty (mt)                                                    |
| 2016-17                                                     | 7.22                                                        |
| 2017-18                                                     | 7.48                                                        |
| 2018-19                                                     | 7.84                                                        |
| 2019-20                                                     | 6.77                                                        |
| 2020-21                                                     | 4.75                                                        |

Source: JPC

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## MONTHWISE IMPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes) - 2016-17

| Country      |   Apr-16 |   May-16 |   Jun-16 |   Jul-16 |   Aug-16 | Sep-16   |   Oct-16 |   Nov-16 | Dec-16   | Jan-17   |   Feb-17 |   Mar-17 |   Total |
|--------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| AUSTRIA      |        1 |       18 |        1 |        6 |       48 | 6        |       50 |        1 | 1 0      |          |        2 |       25 |     160 |
| BELGIUM      |        6 |        7 |        7 |        6 |        8 | 5 4      |        7 |        8 |          | 5        |        5 |        6 |      76 |
| BRAZIL       |        0 |        4 |        1 |        1 |       11 | 0        |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        0 |        2 |      21 |
| CANADA       |        0 |        0 |        0 |        1 |        1 | 0        |        1 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        0 |        0 |       5 |
| CHINA        |      216 |      157 |      137 |      196 |      175 | 200      |      144 |      175 | 300      | 244      |      119 |       92 |    2153 |
| FINLAND      |        0 |        0 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 1        |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 |       9 |
| FRANCE       |        2 |       18 |       11 |       18 |        5 | 22       |       22 |        3 | 4        | 27       |       20 |       21 |     174 |
| GERMANY      |        8 |       20 |       27 |        9 |       10 | 14       |       11 |        9 | 13       | 13       |       10 |        9 |     153 |
| INDONESIA    |        3 |        5 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 0        |        1 |        8 | 6        | 0        |        8 |       15 |      46 |
| ITALY        |        1 |        2 |        3 |        3 |        3 | 3        |        2 |        2 | 4        | 2        |        3 |        3 |      33 |
| JAPAN        |      119 |       50 |      131 |       96 |      112 | 51       |       84 |       87 | 102      | 75       |       80 |      148 |    1136 |
| KOREA        |      206 |      126 |      179 |      151 |      147 | 194      |      161 |      219 | 241      | 141      |      169 |      169 |    2103 |
| KUWAIT       |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 0        |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| MALAYSIA     |        2 |        2 |        2 |        2 |        2 | 2        |        3 |        3 | 5        | 2        |        2 |        2 |      29 |
| NEPAL        |        0 |        0 |        0 |        1 |        1 | 1        |        1 |        2 | 2        | 1        |        1 |        1 |      10 |
| NETHERLANDS  |        1 |        1 |        2 |        1 |        0 | 1        |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        0 |        1 |       8 |
| POLAND       |        2 |        1 |        1 |        2 |        2 | 1        |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 |      15 |
| RUSSIA       |       53 |       76 |       39 |       15 |        6 | 25       |        2 |        7 | 5        | 40       |        5 |       16 |     291 |
| SINGAPORE    |       11 |       12 |        6 |        0 |        6 | 20       |        6 |       12 | 11       | 12       |        0 |       11 |     108 |
| SLOVENIA     |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 1        |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 |      13 |
| SOUTH AFRICA |        1 |        4 |        3 |        3 |        3 | 1        |        2 |        1 | 3        | 1        |        1 |        1 |      23 |
| SPAIN        |        2 |        2 |        2 |        3 |        2 | 3        |        2 |        2 | 3        | 2        |        2 |        2 |      25 |
| SWEDEN       |        1 |        2 |        2 |        3 |        2 | 6        |        2 |        3 | 3        | 2        |        2 |        2 |      29 |
| TAIWAN       |        9 |       17 |       19 |        7 |       20 | 28       |       14 |       19 | 21       | 15       |       40 |       37 |     247 |
| THAILAND     |       11 |        6 |        1 |        6 |        2 | 0        |        1 |        1 | 6        | 0        |        7 |        0 |      40 |
| U.K.         |        1 |        2 |        2 |        3 |        2 | 2        |        1 |        0 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 |      16 |
| UAE          |        3 |        2 |        2 |        5 |        2 | 2        |        2 |        3 | 2        | 3        |        3 |        1 |      30 |
| UKRAINE      |        0 |       15 |        0 |        3 |        0 | 8        |       11 |        0 | 0        | 1        |       29 |       20 |      87 |
| USA          |        7 |        7 |        6 |        7 |        9 | 6        |        4 |        6 | 8        | 5        |        5 |        5 |      75 |
| VIETNAM      |        0 |        0 |        0 |        1 |        0 | 1        |        0 |        0 | 0        | 2        |        6 |        5 |      16 |
| OTHERS       |        3 |        4 |       10 |       13 |        7 | 7        |        3 |       24 | 8        | 5        |        4 |        4 |      93 |
| TOTAL        |      672 |      562 |      597 |      561 |      588 | 614      |      538 |      599 | 762      | 604      |      527 |      601 |    7224 |

## MONTHWISE IMPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes) - 2017-18

| Country      |   Apr-17 |   May-17 |   Jun-17 |   Jul-17 |   Aug-17 | Sep-17   | Oct-17   | Nov-17   | Dec-17   | Jan-18   | Feb-18   |   Mar-18 |   Total |
|--------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| AUSTRIA      |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 2        | 1 1      | 1        | 1        | 1        |          |        2 |      13 |
| BELGIUM      |        5 |        4 |        7 |       26 |        8 | 7 6      | 7        | 8        | 6        | 5        |          |       10 |      99 |
| BRAZIL       |        1 |        0 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 11       | 3 1      |          | 2        | 1        |        1 |      22 |
| CANADA       |        0 |        1 |        2 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 2        | 1 3      | 1        |          | 1        |        1 |      15 |
| CHINA        |       95 |      144 |      166 |      246 |      330 | 223      | 213      | 166      | 104      | 75       | 83       |       57 |    1901 |
| FINLAND      |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 2        | 1        | 1        | 1        | 1        | 3        |        1 |      13 |
| FRANCE       |        4 |        4 |        5 |        4 |       20 | 17       | 3        | 4        | 5        | 4        | 4        |        2 |      76 |
| GERMANY      |       12 |       10 |       12 |        8 |       16 | 16       | 8        | 9        | 13       | 24       | 6        |       12 |     145 |
| INDONESIA    |       11 |        7 |        8 |       11 |        3 | 7        | 9        | 6        | 0        | 11       | 29       |        3 |     107 |
| ITALY        |        2 |        3 |        4 |       50 |        4 | 26       | 3        | 6        | 3        | 3        | 4        |        2 |     110 |
| JAPAN        |       85 |       82 |      118 |      124 |      119 | 115      | 80       | 101      | 99       | 84       | 60       |      110 |    1176 |
| KOREA        |      185 |      179 |      188 |      220 |      290 | 272      | 192      | 194      | 218      | 98       | 239      |      199 |    2473 |
| KUWAIT       |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 1        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        |        1 |       2 |
| MALAYSIA     |        1 |        3 |        3 |        4 |        5 | 3        | 3        | 3        | 1        | 1        | 2        |        3 |      32 |
| NEPAL        |        2 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        2 | 1        | 1        | 1        | 0        | 0        | 0        |        0 |       9 |
| NETHERLANDS  |        0 |        0 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 0        | 1        | 1        | 0        | 1        |        1 |       7 |
| POLAND       |        1 |        1 |        2 |        1 |        3 | 2        | 1        | 0        | 0        | 1        | 0        |        1 |      14 |
| RUSSIA       |       20 |       35 |        7 |        3 |       36 | 7        | 5        | 6        | 6        | 7        | 14       |        5 |     150 |
| SINGAPORE    |       11 |       13 |       16 |       13 |        2 | 3        | 2        | 1        | 1        | 2        | 1        |        7 |      72 |
| SLOVENIA     |        1 |        1 |        0 |        1 |        0 | 1        | 1        | 1        | 1        | 1        | 1        |        1 |      11 |
| SOUTH AFRICA |        1 |        2 |        4 |        6 |        6 | 4        | 2        | 2        | 4        | 2        | 3        |        3 |      40 |
| SPAIN        |        3 |        4 |        2 |        3 |        2 | 3        | 1        | 2        | 1        | 2        | 4        |        2 |      30 |
| SWEDEN       |        1 |        2 |        3 |        2 |        2 | 11       | 1        | 2        | 2        | 2        | 2        |        2 |      33 |
| TAIWAN       |       17 |       29 |       17 |       19 |       26 | 21       | 20       | 22       | 28       | 9        | 37       |       25 |     271 |
| THAILAND     |        6 |        7 |        7 |        1 |        2 | 2        | 1        | 1        | 1        | 0        | 7        |        8 |      44 |
| U.K.         |        1 |        1 |       12 |       10 |        5 | 2        | 1        | 1        | 2        | 1        | 2        |        3 |      43 |
| UAE          |        0 |        3 |        2 |        2 |        3 | 4        | 2        | 1        | 1        | 1        | 2        |        2 |      24 |
| UKRAINE      |        0 |        0 |        1 |        6 |        1 | 0        | 11       | 0        | 23       | 0        | 1        |        2 |      47 |
| USA          |        9 |        7 |       16 |       13 |       15 | 14       | 9        | 10       | 10       | 9        | 8        |        7 |     127 |
| VIETNAM      |        1 |       12 |       18 |        6 |       75 | 23       | 8        | 32       | 13       | 3        | 7        |        4 |     203 |
| OTHERS       |       25 |        4 |       16 |       13 |       27 | 17       | 6        | 26       | 9        | 5        | 18       |        6 |     173 |
| TOTAL        |      504 |      558 |      644 |      798 |     1005 | 811      | 602      | 614      | 561      | 356      | 547      |      483 |    7483 |

## MONTHWISE IMPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes) - 2018-19

| Country      |   Apr-18 |   May-18 |   Jun-18 |   Jul-18 |   Aug-18 | Sep-18   | Oct-18   |   Nov-18 |   Dec-18 |   Jan-19 | Feb-19   |   Mar-19 |   Total |
|--------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| AUSTRIA      |        1 |        1 |        0 |        2 |        0 | 1        | 1 1      |        0 |        1 |        1 |          |        3 |      13 |
| BELGIUM      |        8 |        8 |        8 |        9 |        9 | 10 3     | 29       |       10 |        9 |        6 |          |        9 |     118 |
| BRAZIL       |        0 |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0 | 3        | 8        |        0 |        4 |        7 | 9        |        0 |      33 |
| CANADA       |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        2 | 2        | 0        |        0 |        1 |        1 | 2        |        1 |      13 |
| CHINA        |      123 |       72 |      164 |      146 |      141 | 144      | 140      |      226 |       72 |      112 | 68       |      133 |    1539 |
| FINLAND      |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        2 |        2 |        2 | 1        |        1 |      14 |
| FRANCE       |        6 |        5 |        4 |        5 |        5 | 4        | 4        |        4 |        9 |        4 | 4        |        4 |      58 |
| GERMANY      |       11 |        9 |        7 |       37 |        8 | 12       | 10       |        9 |       18 |       15 | 7        |       23 |     166 |
| INDONESIA    |       17 |       15 |        9 |       52 |       20 | 15       | 8        |        9 |       25 |        8 | 27       |       22 |     228 |
| ITALY        |        5 |        6 |        4 |        3 |        6 | 7        | 2        |        7 |        4 |        6 | 3        |        5 |      58 |
| JAPAN        |       91 |      133 |      142 |      117 |       96 | 143      | 147      |       70 |       59 |       78 | 106      |       90 |    1271 |
| KOREA        |      207 |      264 |      265 |      262 |      235 | 252      | 230      |      213 |      219 |      255 | 256      |      275 |    2931 |
| KUWAIT       |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        1 |        1 |        0 | 1        |        1 |       5 |
| MALAYSIA     |        3 |        5 |        6 |        4 |        2 | 2        | 4        |        4 |        5 |        5 | 4        |        5 |      50 |
| NEPAL        |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        1 |        0 |        0 | 0        |        0 |       3 |
| NETHERLANDS  |        2 |        3 |        2 |        2 |        2 | 1        | 0        |        1 |        2 |        1 | 1        |        1 |      18 |
| POLAND       |        1 |        1 |        2 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        0 |        1 | 1        |        1 |      12 |
| RUSSIA       |        6 |        6 |        5 |        7 |        6 | 9        | 14       |        5 |       12 |       33 | 17       |        5 |     126 |
| SINGAPORE    |        2 |       12 |        1 |       14 |        2 | 13       | 11       |        2 |       14 |       20 | 14       |       12 |     117 |
| SLOVENIA     |        1 |        1 |        0 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 |        1 | 1        |        1 |      11 |
| SOUTH AFRICA |        5 |        4 |        1 |        1 |        2 | 1        | 2        |        4 |       11 |        5 | 2        |        3 |      41 |
| SPAIN        |        3 |        4 |        2 |        2 |        2 | 1        | 1        |        2 |        2 |        2 | 2        |        1 |      25 |
| SWEDEN       |        2 |        2 |        2 |        3 |        2 | 3        | 1        |        2 |        3 |        2 | 1        |        2 |      24 |
| TAIWAN       |       22 |       10 |       21 |       32 |       20 | 17       | 22       |       29 |       18 |       21 | 21       |       28 |     262 |
| THAILAND     |       13 |        7 |        6 |       12 |        0 | 6        | 20       |        0 |        1 |        7 | 6        |        6 |      85 |
| U.K.         |        2 |        2 |        2 |        2 |        2 | 1        | 1        |        2 |        2 |        2 | 2        |        2 |      20 |
| UAE          |        2 |        3 |        3 |        2 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 |        2 | 2        |        2 |      21 |
| UKRAINE      |       27 |       21 |        0 |        1 |       51 | 0        | 17       |        6 |       22 |       20 | 1        |       16 |     182 |
| USA          |        7 |        7 |        7 |        7 |        8 | 5        | 6        |        5 |        6 |        6 | 5        |        4 |      74 |
| VIETNAM      |       13 |        4 |        3 |       22 |       28 | 12       | 20       |       39 |       19 |        5 | 1        |        1 |     167 |
| OTHERS       |       14 |       11 |        8 |        9 |       17 | 5        | 5        |        5 |        6 |        6 | 12       |       49 |     149 |
| TOTAL        |      598 |      620 |      678 |      759 |      671 | 675      | 679      |      681 |      548 |      638 | 583      |      705 |    7835 |

## MONTHWISE IMPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes) - 2019-20

| Country      |   Apr-19 |   May-19 |   Jun-19 |   Jul-19 |   Aug-19 | Sep-19   | Oct-19   |   Nov-19 |   Dec-19 | Jan-20   | Feb-20   |   Mar-20 |   Total |
|--------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| AUSTRIA      |        0 |        2 |        0 |        1 |        4 | 1        | 1 1      |        1 |        0 | 0        |          |        2 |      13 |
| BELGIUM      |        6 |        8 |        5 |        7 |       12 | 8 5      | 4        |        4 |        5 |          | 6        |        3 |      74 |
| BRAZIL       |        0 |        0 |        0 |       20 |        0 | 0        | 1        |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        0 |      23 |
| CANADA       |        1 |        2 |        2 |        3 |        1 | 3        | 2        |        1 |        1 | 2        | 1        |        1 |      20 |
| CHINA        |      108 |      105 |       83 |      163 |      129 | 120      | 170      |       55 |       92 | 96       | 50       |       36 |    1207 |
| FINLAND      |        0 |        1 |        0 |        1 |        2 | 1        | 1        |        0 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |       9 |
| FRANCE       |        4 |        9 |        5 |        4 |        3 | 3        | 3        |        2 |        2 | 12       | 9        |        1 |      56 |
| GERMANY      |        6 |       11 |       24 |       28 |       12 | 12       | 7        |        9 |        5 | 9        | 6        |        6 |     135 |
| INDONESIA    |       32 |       40 |       13 |       38 |      143 | 17       | 43       |       22 |       53 | 3        | 17       |       43 |     464 |
| ITALY        |        4 |        4 |        5 |       12 |        5 | 10       | 10       |        4 |        7 | 5        | 7        |        5 |      81 |
| JAPAN        |      117 |       73 |      131 |      139 |      138 | 76       | 70       |       56 |       66 | 40       | 48       |       64 |    1018 |
| KOREA        |      250 |      215 |      243 |      249 |      318 | 248      | 239      |      188 |      169 | 225      | 187      |      157 |    2687 |
| KUWAIT       |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        0 | 0        | 1        |        0 |        0 | 1        | 0        |        0 |       8 |
| MALAYSIA     |        4 |        4 |        3 |        6 |        8 | 5        | 5        |        4 |        4 | 3        | 4        |        2 |      51 |
| NEPAL        |        0 |        0 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 0        |        0 |        1 | 0        | 0        |        0 |       6 |
| NETHERLANDS  |        1 |        1 |        1 |        2 |        1 | 0        | 1        |        1 |        1 | 0        | 0        |        1 |      11 |
| POLAND       |        1 |        0 |        1 |        1 |        0 | 1        | 1        |        0 |        1 | 1        | 0        |        1 |       8 |
| RUSSIA       |        3 |        7 |        4 |        9 |       11 | 5        | 11       |        4 |        2 | 2        | 6        |        7 |      71 |
| SINGAPORE    |       15 |       20 |       14 |       13 |       14 | 1        | 1        |       18 |        2 | 17       | 13       |       12 |     139 |
| SLOVENIA     |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |      11 |
| SOUTH AFRICA |        3 |        3 |        1 |        1 |        2 | 2        | 2        |        2 |        2 | 1        | 1        |        1 |      22 |
| SPAIN        |        1 |        3 |        2 |        4 |        4 | 3        | 2        |        3 |        2 | 4        | 2        |        1 |      32 |
| SWEDEN       |        3 |        2 |        2 |        2 |        2 | 2        | 3        |        2 |        1 | 2        | 1        |        1 |      23 |
| TAIWAN       |       22 |        3 |       17 |       19 |        5 | 18       | 18       |       16 |        3 | 16       | 14       |       15 |     165 |
| THAILAND     |        6 |        1 |       12 |       13 |       11 | 2        | 1        |        1 |        1 | 1        | 2        |        1 |      52 |
| U.K.         |        1 |        2 |        2 |        2 |        1 | 2        | 1        |        2 |        1 | 2        | 1        |        1 |      17 |
| UAE          |        3 |        3 |        2 |        2 |        4 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        0 | 1        | 1        |        1 |      21 |
| UKRAINE      |        9 |        1 |       32 |       34 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 | 2        | 1        |        1 |      84 |
| USA          |        6 |        9 |        4 |        7 |        6 | 5        | 5        |        5 |        4 | 5        | 5        |        4 |      65 |
| VIETNAM      |        6 |       15 |       14 |        7 |       10 | 5        | 5        |        4 |        6 | 5        | 4        |        4 |      86 |
| OTHERS       |        5 |        8 |        4 |        5 |        6 | 12       | 16       |       21 |        3 | 14       | 12       |        3 |     110 |
| TOTAL        |      619 |      554 |      628 |      795 |      856 | 565      | 629      |      429 |      437 | 477      | 401      |      376 |    6768 |

## MONTHWISE IMPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL ('000 tonnes) - 2020-21

| Country      |   Apr-20 |   May-20 |   Jun-20 |   Jul-20 |   Aug-20 | Sep-20   | Oct-20   |   Nov-20 |   Dec-20 | Jan-21   | Feb-21   |   Mar-21 |   Total |
|--------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| AUSTRIA      |        1 |        4 |        2 |        0 |        0 | 5        | 25 2     |        2 |       28 | 0        |          |        1 |      71 |
| BELGIUM      |        2 |       11 |        3 |        3 |        5 | 4 3      | 5        |        6 |        6 |          | 4        |        5 |      56 |
| BRAZIL       |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        1 | 1        | 0        |        1 |        1 | 1        | 0        |        0 |       5 |
| CANADA       |        1 |        2 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 1        | 1        |        3 |        2 | 2        | 3        |        2 |      17 |
| CHINA        |       71 |      155 |       46 |       87 |       27 | 66       | 51       |       49 |       88 | 96       | 47       |       59 |     843 |
| FINLAND      |        0 |        0 |        1 |        1 |        0 | 0        | 1        |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        1 |       5 |
| FRANCE       |        6 |        2 |        8 |        1 |        1 | 23       | 23       |        2 |        1 | 27       | 2        |       25 |     121 |
| GERMANY      |       15 |       30 |        5 |       25 |        3 | 3        | 3        |        6 |        8 | 31       | 5        |       12 |     146 |
| INDONESIA    |       33 |       12 |        2 |        2 |        3 | 5        | 3        |        1 |        1 | 16       | 1        |        1 |      79 |
| ITALY        |        3 |        3 |        1 |        2 |        1 | 3        | 2        |        3 |        4 | 4        | 3        |        3 |      33 |
| JAPAN        |       25 |       50 |       71 |       43 |       20 | 27       | 38       |       50 |       54 | 47       | 60       |       74 |     560 |
| KOREA        |      205 |      215 |       99 |       90 |       56 | 111      | 143      |      147 |      232 | 205      | 236      |      207 |    1947 |
| KUWAIT       |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        1 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        0 |       3 |
| MALAYSIA     |        1 |        2 |        1 |        3 |        3 | 4        | 6        |        5 |        5 | 5        | 5        |        2 |      42 |
| NEPAL        |        0 |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0 | 1        | 0        |        1 |        2 | 1        | 0        |        0 |       6 |
| NETHERLANDS  |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 0        | 1        |        2 |        2 | 2        | 4        |        6 |      20 |
| POLAND       |        1 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        0 |        0 | 0        | 0        |        1 |       5 |
| RUSSIA       |        2 |        5 |        3 |        7 |        4 | 7        | 6        |        8 |        6 | 5        | 6        |        5 |      63 |
| SINGAPORE    |        1 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        1 | 0        | 2        |        0 |       11 | 13       | 1        |       13 |      43 |
| SLOVENIA     |        0 |        1 |        0 |        1 |        0 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        0 |       7 |
| SOUTH AFRICA |        0 |        2 |        1 |        1 |        0 | 1        | 2        |        1 |        3 | 3        | 1        |        1 |      15 |
| SPAIN        |        1 |        2 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 0        | 1        |        1 |        4 | 2        | 1        |        5 |      20 |
| SWEDEN       |        1 |        2 |        4 |        4 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        2 |        3 | 1        | 4        |        2 |      27 |
| TAIWAN       |       17 |        4 |        1 |        1 |       18 | 16       | 18       |       20 |       25 | 23       | 22       |       20 |     186 |
| THAILAND     |       10 |        1 |        1 |        2 |        1 | 2        | 2        |        2 |       13 | 2        | 12       |        3 |      50 |
| U.K.         |        0 |        2 |        0 |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |        1 | 1        | 1        |        1 |      11 |
| UAE          |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 | 2        | 2        |        2 |        1 | 3        | 3        |        4 |      21 |
| UKRAINE      |        1 |        8 |        2 |        1 |        0 | 2        | 1        |        1 |        2 | 9        | 3        |        1 |      31 |
| USA          |        4 |        5 |        3 |        2 |        3 | 4        | 6        |        7 |        5 | 5        | 5        |        5 |      54 |
| VIETNAM      |        3 |        7 |        3 |        8 |        6 | 17       | 15       |       18 |        8 | 21       | 10       |       17 |     133 |
| OTHERS       |        3 |        7 |        6 |        3 |        3 | 9        | 5        |        7 |       24 | 23       | 20       |       24 |     134 |
| TOTAL        |      407 |      539 |      266 |      293 |      161 | 318      | 362      |      351 |      512 | 582      | 460      |      500 |    4752 |

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| Country                                                                                     | Apr-21                                                                                      | May-21                                                                                      | Jun-21                                                                                      | Jul-21                                                                                      | Aug-21                                                                                      | Sep-21                                                                                      | Oct-21                                                                                      | Total (April-October 2021)                                                                  |
| AUSTRIA                                                                                     | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           |
| BELGIUM                                                                                     | 4                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 20                                                                                          |
| BRAZIL                                                                                      | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           |
| CANADA                                                                                      | 2                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 7                                                                                           |
| CHINA                                                                                       | 60                                                                                          | 55                                                                                          | 91                                                                                          | 79                                                                                          | 71                                                                                          | 66                                                                                          | 68                                                                                          | 490                                                                                         |
| FINLAND                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           |
| FRANCE                                                                                      | 2                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 26                                                                                          | 1                                                                                           | 39                                                                                          |
| GERMANY                                                                                     | 11                                                                                          | 22                                                                                          | 5                                                                                           | 9                                                                                           | 14                                                                                          | 7                                                                                           | 9                                                                                           | 78                                                                                          |
| INDONESIA                                                                                   | 1                                                                                           | 24                                                                                          | 10                                                                                          | 11                                                                                          | 27                                                                                          | 18                                                                                          | 21                                                                                          | 112                                                                                         |
| ITALY                                                                                       | 4                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 23                                                                                          |
| JAPAN                                                                                       | 69                                                                                          | 60                                                                                          | 68                                                                                          | 57                                                                                          | 32                                                                                          | 62                                                                                          | 71                                                                                          | 418                                                                                         |
| KOREA                                                                                       | 141                                                                                         | 164                                                                                         | 175                                                                                         | 179                                                                                         | 185                                                                                         | 171                                                                                         | 161                                                                                         | 1176                                                                                        |
| KUWAIT                                                                                      | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           |
| MALAYSIA                                                                                    | 2                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 6                                                                                           |
| NEPAL                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           |
| NETHERLANDS                                                                                 | 3                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 10                                                                                          |
| POLAND                                                                                      | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           |
| RUSSIA                                                                                      | 2                                                                                           | 7                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 6                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 34                                                                                          |
| SINGAPORE                                                                                   | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           |
| SLOVENIA                                                                                    | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           |
| SOUTH AFRICA                                                                                | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           |
| SPAIN                                                                                       | 5                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 7                                                                                           | 22                                                                                          |
| SWEDEN                                                                                      | 3                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 25                                                                                          |
| TAIWAN                                                                                      | 15                                                                                          | 17                                                                                          | 3                                                                                           | 22                                                                                          | 23                                                                                          | 23                                                                                          | 2                                                                                           | 103                                                                                         |
| THAILAND                                                                                    | 2                                                                                           | 10                                                                                          | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 19                                                                                          |
| U.K.                                                                                        | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           |
| UAE                                                                                         | 2                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 14                                                                                          |
| UKRAINE                                                                                     | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 14                                                                                          |
| USA                                                                                         | 4                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 23                                                                                          |
| VIETNAM                                                                                     | 13                                                                                          | 7                                                                                           | 7                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 6                                                                                           | 47                                                                                          |
| OTHERS                                                                                      | 13                                                                                          | 4                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 36                                                                                          |
| TOTAL                                                                                       | 364                                                                                         | 393                                                                                         | 402                                                                                         | 410                                                                                         | 396                                                                                         | 409                                                                                         | 378                                                                                         | 2751                                                                                        |