Vietnamese construction steel sales up 21% m-o-m in July
Sales volume of construction long products in Vietnam in July reached 359,000 tonnes, an increase of 20.5% from the previous month but down 32.4% year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA). Production of longs in June at 308,000 t was down by 11.2% m-o-m and lower by 29.1% y-o-y.
Cumulative sales of longs during the first seven months of this year reached 2.78m t, up 3.2% compared with January-July 2010. Production rose to...