India’s steel exports fell 36.9% in January 2016 to 246,000 tons from 390,000 tons in December 2015, latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In January 2015, steel exports stood at 534,000 tons. This shows steel exports decreased 53.9% year-on-year.
In April-January, 2015-16, steel exports fell 32.5% to 3.15 million tons, down from 4.67 million tons in the same period last year.