South African Steel & Metal Fabrication Master Plan 1.0

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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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