<div id="readability-page-1"><div>NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - India was a net exporter of finished steel in the first nine months of the financial year, with shipments reaching 4.8 million metric tons, up 33.3% from a year ago, according to provisional government data reviewed by Reuters on Monday. The data showed that the world's second-biggest crude steel producer imported 4.65 million metric tons of finished steel in the same period. Country-wise data on India's steel exports is expected later in the month. In December, the government imposed an import tariff on some steel products to curb cheaper shipments, primarily from China. The levy, locally known as a safeguard duty, will be imposed at 12% followed by 11.5% in the second year and 11% in the third year. India produced 117.6 million metric tons of finished steel between April-December, while consumption stood at 119.3 million metric tons, the data showed. Crude steel production during the period stood at 123.9 million metric tons, according to the data. In January, leading Indian steelmakers raised prices of hot-rolled coils and cold-rolled coils by up to 2,000 rupees ($22.19) per metric ton, according to commodities consultancy BigMint. Prices of hot-rolled coil ranged between 50,250 rupees per metric ton to 51,250 rupees per metric ton, the consultancy said. ($1 = 90.1413 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Neha Arora; Editing by Ronojoy Mazumdar)By Neha Arora</div></div>

美國鋼鐵

印度的成品鋼材出口在財年的前九個月激增了 33.3%，達到 480 萬噸，而進口則達到了 465 萬噸。政府對某些鋼材進口徵收了保障税，以限制來自中國的廉價貨物。國內鋼鐵產量為 1.176 億噸，消費量為 1.193 億噸。在 1 月份，主要鋼鐵製造商將熱軋和冷軋卷的價格提高了每噸最高 2000 盧比

政府數據顯示，印度鋼鐵出口在四月至十二月期間增長了三分之一