In the first half of this year, the 7 major specialty steel bar manufacturers in South Korea sold 1,281,649 tons of specialty steel bars, up by 1.7% year on year.
In the given period of time, the sales volumes for domestic market decreased by 4.3%, accounting for 90% of total sales volumes; however, the sales volumes for overseas markets surged by 20% year on year.
The sales volumes for end users and distributors declined by 2% and 6.7% respectively.