It is reported that Thailand imported 960,000 tonnes of scrap in June 2010, which tripled compared to the same period of last year.
Among them, the scrap imports from US took a large quantity about 46,000 tonnes, accounting for 47.9% in total.
The total scrap imports from January to June reached 672,000 tonnes, up by 44.4% YoY. It is expected the total yearly quantity will hit 1.34 million tonnes.