At the end of 2019 OJSC "BMZ — holding management company "BMK" shipped to Africa more than 427 thousand tonnes of steel products worth more than 167 million U.S. dollars. The growth rate over the previous year in real terms amounted to 180,8% in terms of value 153,4 percent.
In the regional distribution of export of the BMZ in 2019 leading EU countries and the Russian Federation, Africa with a share of 14.5% ranked third. Last year the Belarusian metallurgists implemented there mainly wire rod, reinforcing bars and cast billets. The geographical distribution on the African continent is made up of 16 countries, two of them — Kenya and Uganda, which were first deliveries of wire rod are new markets. More than half implemented by the Belarusian metallurgical plant production in Africa accounts for Egypt. This country is in the top 5 key importers of BMZ steel products.
it is Worth noting that, in General, 2019 was characterized by a tense situation in the steel market due to the prevailing protectionism and falling prices. So, the decline in export prices over the past year the average was 69.4 us dollars./t, or 11.4%, with a decrease in the cost of raw materials and resources only 5.5%, significantly affected the sales performance.
At the end of 2019, BMZ has produced 2.6 million tons of steel, 2.3 million tons of rolled stock, 120 thousand tons of pipes and 366 thousand tons of metal products (steel cord, side bronzed wire, wire RML and other types of wire). Exported to 65 countries sold 2.2 million tons of steel products in the amount of 1.16 billion dollars. USA. TOP 5 key importers of steel products of the enterprise includes Russia, Germany, Egypt, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Israel.
