Flat steel sales from Brazilian distributors dropped by 15.8% year on year in May, as the market was affected by the two-week truck drivers' strike last month.
Sales reached 203,000 tonnes during the month, compared with 241,000 tonnes a year before, according to figures released by national flat steel association Inda on Tuesday June 19. Shipments also dropped by 9.8% from April's level of 225,100 tonnes. Deliveries from the Brazilian flat steel distribution sector were reduced to only 10% of the average during the truckers' strike, which...