ISSF: Global stainless steel exports slide in 2019
According to the International Stainless Steel Federation (ISSF), the total exports of stainless steel products in the world were 19.30 million tons during 2019, a decline of 6.8% year on year.
Among all these countries, the only region which got a positive increase in this regard during 2019 was Eastern Europe, with an increase of 2.6% year on year.
The region which had the largest decline in 2019 was the North America Free Trade Area (NAFTA), which had a fall by 24.5%.
These figures showed that the international protectionist policies affected seriously on the global stainless steel trading activity.
