As announced by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai, in the Q1 2013, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union countries totaled 1.13 million metric tonne, down by 19.2%, while its steel imports from non EU sources totaled 2.053 million metric tonne, up 53.3%, both YoY.

In particular, Italy's flat steel product imports from non-EU sources more than doubled in January March 2013 compared to the same period of 2012, while flat product exports to non EU destinations decreased by 36.6% and long product exports to these countries fell by 7.1, both year on year.