Taiwan’s CSC Aug carbon steel sales down 10% on month

In August, after two months of gains in carbon steel sales volume, China Steel Corporation (CSC), Taiwan’s top steel producer headquartered in Kaohsiung, South Taiwan, saw the volume down 10.1% on month or 12.1% lower on year to 776,542 tonnes, according to the company’s latest release on September 21.

Among the total sales volume, 64% was sold domestically, which was much lower than the 72% for July, though its pre-tax profit returned to the positive zone at about TWD175 million ($6.05 million), according to the release. “We are running monthly and quarterly pricing schemes for different products, and for