Brazilian flat steel distributor sales down 28% in September, Inda says

Sales volumes from Brazilian flat-rolled steel distributors decreased by 27.69% in September, compared with the corresponding month last year, national distributor association Inda said on Tuesday October 26.

There was a much stronger base of comparison this year compared with 2020, when the market was rapidly recovering from lows caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sales totaled 291,500 tonnes in September 2021, a significant drop from 403,100 tonnes a year before, according to data from Inda. September average daily sales were 13,900 tonnes, down from 19,200 tonnes in 2020 and closer to the 13,800 tonnes in 2019.

"We now can say that full-year sales will fall in 2021," Inda's executive president, Carlos...

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