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Article: DOWNSTREAM STAINLESS STEEL INDUSTRY STILL DEPENDENT ON IMPORT SOURCES FOR BASIC MATERIAL.
- Article from:
- Indonesian Commercial Newsletter
- Article date:
- June 26, 2001
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Over the last few years, the people have been increasingly aware of the benefits offered by stainless steel and, as a result, the domestic consumption of stainless steel has continued to increase. This can be seen from the continued growth of the downstream stainless steel industry, which produces a wide range of household appliances, from spoons/forks toe knives, agricultural tools (e.g. hand sprayers), office equipment, and hospital instruments such as wheel-chairs, beds, infusion rods, towel racks, and others.
In 1997, the growth of the downstream stainless steel industry reached its height as marked with the fact that it imported some 94,883 tons of the basic ...