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With the focus on construction, automotive and mining industry via manufacturing being the most important development areas for the growth of the steel and engineering industry, imports clearly have taken an increasing share of the market in the manufacturing and automotive sectors of the steel industry. Some of this is for steel grades not manufactured here. Although the importation of structural products seems to have tapered off, the relatively low import-demand ratio is rather a factor of the low activity level in the sector.
Source: Quantec For the first-tier steel product manufacturing market, the following can be identified:
January to December 2019
Imports from all countries
HS heading
PRODUCT
Tonnes
Value(R)
7217 Drawn wire - carbon steel 7223 Drawn wire - stainless steel 7229 Drawn wire - alloy steel
18 210
205 836 809 262 425 363 244 550 783 18 047 162
6 854
15 015
7301 Sheet piling
1 434
7301 Welded angles, shapes & sections
30
3 339 607
7302 Railway material
13 377
240 560 972 49 316 391 916 610 304 36 990 172 1 020 136 851 1 515 844 221 953 464 368 99 481 414 350 275 357 743 350 510 929 889 488
7303 Tubes & pipes - cast iron 7304 Tubes & pipes - seamless
4 197
38 442
7305 Tubes & pipes - welded large dia. 7306 Tubes & pipes - welded small dia.
2 853
45 904 32 739 33 981
7307 Tubes & pipes - fittings
7308 Structures, towers, scaffolding, bridges etc.
7309 Tanks & containers >300L 7310 Tanks, drums & cans <300L 7311 High pressure containers
2 679 8 066
19 303 30 736
7312 Wire rope & cables
7313 Drawn wire - barbed wire
1 122 7 927 8 305
4 769 514
7314 Cloth, grill, netting, expanded metal
227 579 991 534 435 489 20 479 505 141 614 101
7315 Chains & parts
7316 Anchors & grapnels 7317 Nails, tacks & staples
467
10 032
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The South African Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan 1.0
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