{"id":96640,"date":"2025-11-12T19:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murray.adv.br\/?p=96640"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:13:28","slug":"latin-american-steelmakers-rethink-plans-amid-surge-of-chinese-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murray.adv.br\/en\/latin-american-steelmakers-rethink-plans-amid-surge-of-chinese-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American steelmakers rethink plans amid surge of Chinese imports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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China accounted for 61% of Brazil\u2019s steel imports from January to September 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The surge of steel exports from China continues to challenge the Latin American steel industry, according to experts gathered at the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) congress in Cartagena, Colombia.\u00a0Jorge Oliveira,<\/strong>\u00a0president of Alacero and of ArcelorMittal Brazil, warned on Tuesday (11) that the situation is more concerning than in previous years, with few answers to the growing influx of Chinese steel in the region. \u201cThe reality shows that, despite our efforts, Latin America\u2019s steel market is deteriorating due to global overcapacity from Asia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr. Oliveira noted that Latin American producers have been forced to scale back investments and reduce production. \u201cChile\u2019s largest steel producer, Huachipato, has shut down operations. Geopolitical tensions are affecting the entire supply chain, as well as commodity and logistics prices. We must find effective responses to face this challenging environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Data confirms the concern. Between January and September 2025, Brazil imported 5.075 million tonnes of steel products from all sources, up 9.7% year over year, according to the Instituto A\u00e7o Brasil. Imports from China alone jumped 25.9% over the same period, reaching 3.1 million tonnes. Chinese steel accounted for 61.1% of Brazil\u2019s total steel imports, 7.9 percentage points higher than a year earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Over the same period, Brazilian steel output fell 1.7% to 24.982 million tonnes, down from 25.419 million in 2024.<\/strong>\u00a0According to Alacero, China produces in 20 days what the entire Latin American steel industry produces in a year. In Brazil\u2019s case, Chinese mills generate the country\u2019s annual output in just 12 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cLatin America is losing its development potential. Our trade defense barriers are too weak,\u201d said\u00a0Ezequiel Tavernelli<\/strong>, Alacero\u2019s executive director. He added, \u201cLatin American economies are becoming more dependent on raw materials than manufactured goods. The region is deindustrializing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr. Tavernelli warned that China\u2019s influence could become a social problem for Latin America, as a slowdown in the steel sector affects a wide industrial chain: \u201cThe steel industry creates jobs, drives logistics, and supplies many other industries. Several sectors are hit at once.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He argued for greater regional integration and stronger trade-defense policies, including higher import tariffs. Brazil\u2019s quota-tariff system shows that import taxes must be higher, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In May, Brazil\u2019s Foreign Trade Chamber (Gecex\/Camex), under the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, renewed the country\u2019s steel import quota system through May 2026. The policy imposes a 25% tariff on Chinese steel exceeding the quota, covering 23 product categories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cLatin America could win if competition were fair,\u201d Mr. Tavernelli said. \u201cChinese steel is subsidized, from energy costs to transport. Our region has a strong steel industry with real potential, but we can\u2019t compete on such unequal terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At the same event,\u00a0Oliver Stuenkel<\/strong>, an international relations professor at Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Getulio Vargas (FGV), argued that political fragmentation among Latin American governments weakens their collective position. \u201cThe lack of unity among Latin American leaders leaves the region more vulnerable. The private sector may have to step in to fill that gap.\u00a0Acting in isolation, countries are unlikely to find a solution<\/strong>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

*By\u00a0Kariny Leal\u00a0\u2014 Cartagena<\/p>\n

Source: Valor International<\/p>\n

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