Ngokusho kwedatha evela kwi-Brazilian Iron and Steel Association (IABr), ngoJanuwari 2021, ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engahluziwe yaseBrazil kukhuphuke ngo-10.8% unyaka nonyaka kwaya kumathani ayizigidi ezintathu.
NgoJanuwari, ukuthengiswa kwasekhaya eBrazil kwakungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-1.9, ukwanda ngo-24.9% unyaka nonyaka; ukusetshenziswa okubonakalayo kwakungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-2.2, ukwanda ngo-25% unyaka nonyaka. Umthamo wokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe wawungamathani angu-531,000, ukwehla ngo-52% unyaka nonyaka; umthamo wokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe wawungamathani angu-324,000, ukwanda konyaka nonyaka ngo-42.3%.
Idatha ikhombisa ukuthi umkhiqizo wensimbi engahluziwe waseBrazil ngo-2020 wawungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-30.97, ukwehla konyaka nonyaka ngo-4.9%. Ngo-2020, ukuthengiswa kwasekhaya eBrazil kwafinyelela amathani ayizigidi ezingu-19.24, ukwanda ngo-2.4% esikhathini esifanayo. Ukusetshenziswa okubonakalayo kwakungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-21.22, ukwanda konyaka nonyaka ngo-1.2%. Nakuba kuthinteke ubhubhane, ukusetshenziswa kwensimbi akwehlanga njengoba bekulindelekile. Umthamo wokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe wawungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-10.74, wehla ngo-16.1% unyaka nonyaka; umthamo wokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe wawungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-2, wehla ngo-14.3% unyaka nonyaka.
I-Brazilian Iron and Steel Association ibikezela ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engahluziwe yaseBrazil kulindeleke ukuthi kwande ngo-6.7% ngo-2021 kuya kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-33.04. Ukusetshenziswa okubonakalayo kuzokwanda ngamathani ayizigidi ezingu-5.8 kuya ku-22.44. Ukuthengiswa kwasekhaya kunganda ngo-5.3%, kufinyelele kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-20.27. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi umthamo wokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe uzofinyelela kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-11.71, ukwanda ngo-9%; umthamo wokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe uzonda ngo-9.8% kuya kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-2.22.
ULopez, usihlalo wenhlangano, uthe ngokubuya kwe-“V” embonini yensimbi, izinga lokusetshenziswa kwemishini emabhizinisini okukhiqiza insimbi liqhubekile nokukhula. Ekupheleni konyaka odlule, bekuyi-70.1%, okuyisilinganiso esiphezulu kakhulu eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.