Libya: LISCO doubles exports and increases sales to the domestic market in the first quarter of 2006

摘要

The Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) has doubled its exports of hot-rolled coils during the first quarter of 2006 compared to the same period of 2005. The exported quantities rose from 132.7 thousand tons during the first three months of this year against 59 thousand tons during the same period of 2005, i.e., up by 125 percent. The figure of its sales to the domestic market of reinforcing steel reached 145.7 thousand tons during the first quarter of 2006 against 133.3 thousand tons during the same period of 2005, i.e., up by 9 percent, of hot-rolled coils 5.6 thousand tons against 2.8 thousand tons during the same period of 2005, i.e., up by 93 percent.