Canacero urges measures to control non-Nafta imports

Jan 07, 2013 | 12:09 PM | Rodrigo Alonso

Tags  Canacero, Nafta, Mexico, steel, imports, exports, China, Russia Ukraine

MEXICO CITY — Mexican steel association Canacero has urged the government to adopt safeguard measures to control steel imports, largely those from outside the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) region.

Mexican imports of finished steel products rose 29 percent in the January-through-November period of 2012, reaching 5.5 million tonnes.
Imports of manufactured steel products rose 30.4 percent to 2 million tonnes. ....





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