Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FTI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTI</span></a> pushes for tougher steel checks<br>"the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> faces signif challenges due to China's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surplus</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> produces 1.1bil tonnes of steel p.a., w domestic dd at ~900mil tons. This leads to an excess of 200mil tons being <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a>, particularly to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> & oth <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ASEAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASEAN</span></a> c'tries. This influx, incl'g <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/substandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>substandard</span></a> steel, remains a major concern.. ~30,000tons of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/substandardsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>substandardsteel</span></a> products hv been imported, w additional shipments continuing to arrive"<br><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2995081/fti-pushes-for-tougher-steel-checks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener</span><span class="invisible">al/2995081/fti-pushes-for-tougher-steel-checks</span></a></p>