According to data of Korea Customs Service, in April 2022, South Korea imported 17881.50 tons of ferrosilicon (containing by weight more than 55% of silicon).

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of March 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,835,600 net tons, a 1.4 percent decrease from the 7,950,431 net tons shipped in March 2021.

Finished Import Market Share YTD at 24%.

In the week ending on May 7, 2022, domestic raw steel production was 1,777,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 81.4 percent.

The Indian government said on Tuesday that the country's coal production increased 29 percent year-on-year to 66.58 Million Ton (MT) in April amid a power shortage due to lesser stocks of coal available at thermal power plants.

Vietnam spent around 4 billion U.S. dollars importing more than 3.8 million tons of steel and iron in the first four months of this year.

Among them, 43681.90 tons of ferrosilicon were imported from China, 3683 tons from Russia, 2956.3 tons from Malaysia and 1463 tons from Vietnam.

South Korea imports 3,992.0 tons of ferrosilicon (Si≤55%) from January to March 2022.