India’s steel imports fell 0.2% in February 2016 to 911,000 tons from 913,000 tons in January 2016, latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In February 2015, steel imports stood at 984,000 tons. This shows steel imports decreased 7.4% year-on-year.
In April-February 2015-16, steel imports rose 20.4% to 10.21 million tons, up from 8.48 million tons in the same period last year.