Hoa Phat sells nearly 500,000 tonnes of steel products in August
Hoa Phat Group sold nearly 500,000 tonnes of products in August, including over 320,000 tonnes of steel and 170,000 tonnes of billets despite COVID-19 pandemic.
Hanoi (VNA) – Hoa Phat Group sold nearly 500,000 tonnes ofproducts in August, including over 320,000 tonnes of steel and 170,000 tonnesof billets despite COVID-19 pandemic.
The volume of steelsoared by 65 percent month-on-month, including 54,000 tonnes for export,tripling that of the same period last year.
Despite unfavourableweather conditions and social distancing order caused by the pandemic,consumption of Hoa Phat steels in civil construction area remains high.
In eight months ofthis year, Hoa Phat produced 3.2 million tonnes of steel products, including2.1 million tonnes of construction steel and the remaining are billets.
Steel for export surpassed 17 percent annually to over 310,000 tonnes, nearlydoubling year-on-year. Its major markets include Japan, the Republic of Korea,Malaysia, Australia, Canada, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.
The group also sold1.5 million tonnes of billets to domestic and foreign markets.
ღ This month, it willalso begin supplying hot-rolled coil steel to the market./.
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Illustrative image (Photo: Hoa Phat Group) 
