October was a favorable month for the Port of Pecém, with the largest monthly handling of steel plates in 2020. All up, exports numbers reached 275,331 tons, representing an increase of 5.9% compared to October 2019, which recorded 259,923 tons produced by Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP), a subsidiary of the Pecém Complex. Steel plates play a fundamental role in the trade balance of Ceará. The vessel with the strongest impact on CSP’s steel plate exports was “Blue Fin”, which left for Turkey with 52,138 tons. The vessel “Bulk Bahamas”, also bound for Turkey, handled 48,304 tons, and the “Federal Hunter” vessel shipped 20,016 tons of steel plates to Canada. The Port of Pecém has already exported 2,184,885 tons of steel plates this year. The main destinations are the USA (791,954 tons), China (492,714 tons), Turkey (208,496 t), Brazil (202,810 tons), and Canada (202,091 tons).
Source: www.complexodopecem.com.br
*Translated by Ia Niani