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Central America’s steel consumption surpasses 2m tonnes in Jan-Oct 2012

Central American and Caribbean countries consumed 2.12 million tonnes of finished steel between January and October 2012, according to the Latin American steel association, Alacero.

January 8, 2013
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Costa Rica consumed the most, taking 554,000 tonnes over the period.

It was followed by Guatemala, with 538,000 tonnes.

The Dominican Republic consumed 349,000 tonnes, El Salvador 247,000 tonnes, Panama 246,000 tonnes and Honduras 194,000 tonnes.

Alacero’s figures, some of them estimated, do not include all the countries of the region and comparison data for the corresponding period in 2011 was not published.