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According to the US Comtrade and World Steel statistics, total imports of finished goods to South Africa amounts to 1.8 million tonnes of calculated steel content. This means that if South Africa could manufacture and supply all final steel containing products, an additional 1.8 million tonnes of primary steel would be consumed in the manufacturing process. Table 1: Final Product import in calculated steel equivalent (tonne)
Commodity group
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Automotive
583 430
760 714
728 129
796 691
652 912
529 358
495 301
383 190
397 860
415 024
Domestic appliances Electrical equipment Mechanical machinery
46 630
57 883
52 241
49 521
43 020
29 221
37 287
17 553
18 831
19 185
35 889
40 343
45 384
72 217
74 271
63 941
57 667
84 300
56 132
61 357
468 170
667 180
693 438
687 374
572 744
455 973
441 415
672 173
723 266
716 788
Metal products Other transport
377 678
464 110
489 251
507 243
459 479
441 106
443 527
471 143
473 783
565 360
30 024
51 225
50 525
56 428
51 824
101 491
47 168
75 717
44 097
38 939
Imports Total
1 5418 21
2 041 454
2 058 969
2 169 475
1 854 250
1 621 089
1 522 365
1 704 077
1 713 969
1 816 652
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The South African Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan 1.0
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