The sale of construction steel hit 855,000 tonnes, a year-on-year surge of 17 percent. Exports of the item topped 147,000 tonnes, up 10 percent.

Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh took the second spot with output of 1.62 million tonnes, 20 percent lower than Hoa Phat.

The project is expected to be built in three years and become operational in 2024.

Nearly 7,000 tonnes of pipes were shipped to the US, Australia, and Canada during the period, a year-on-year rise of 31 percent.

The group has experience in large scale production, material resources and manufacturing. These factors have ensured high quality and reasonable prices for its cargo.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending April 17, 2021 in thousands of net tons: North East: 164; Great Lakes: 603; Midwest: 183; Southern: 747 and Western: 73 for a total of 1770.

The U.S. imported a total of 2,292,000 net tons (NT) of steel in March 2021.

The overseas market is becoming a big engine for the performance growth of many domestic power battery manufacturers.