The domestic steel market is currently inundated with various steel products, while imported steel continues to flood in, intensifying price competition for local producers.
In the long term, according to VSA, Viet Nam''s steel demand will continue to grow from 240kg per capita to 290kg per capita in 2030. Steel demand will be concentrated on alloys or high-quality steel.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed the Government consider policies to tighten exports of steel products to stabilise the domestic market amid soaring steel prices in recent months.
Viet Nam’s steel market was forecast to be in good shape in the first quarter of this year despite high prices, said the Viet Nam Steel Association (VSA).
Hoa Phat Group, one of the country’s major industrial production companies, manufactured around 505,000 tonnes of steel in the first quarter of 2017, up 27.9 per cent year on year.
Viet Nam''s steel market showed growth in both production and business in
the first 11 months of this year, according to the Viet Nam Steel
Association (VSA).
The domestic structural steel market has seen a growth rate of between
25 and 30 per cent in sales thanks to the strong recovery of the
domestic real estate market, according to independent market watch-dogs.