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In
the following period ( 1974-1984 ), the structure
of import began to change, the rolled products of
special steel qualities gaining the important share,
those of commercial quality being already produced
by the domestic industry. The volume of the export
registered a spectacular growth, which determined
again, in 1984, the change of the company name into
METALEXPORTIMPORT.
In the well-known
world market situation, the activity of METALEXPORTIMPORT
was centred mainly on the export which registered
an unprecedented increase. The highest level was
reached in the period 1988 –1989, when the
export amounted to a total value of about 2 billion
USD / year, representing about 3 million tons of
rolled steel and 120 thousand tons of aluminium
ingots and rolled aluminium.
After 1990,
the traditional import of rolled steel and tubes
of special steel as well as the import of non-ferrous
materials have decreased considerably, some of them
disappearing completely, as a result of the specific
conditions occurred in the Romanian economy (the
reduction of the industrial activity, the shortage
of financial funds, the reorganization and restructuring
of the industry, the appearance of a great number
of importing companies, etc. )
Under these
circumstances, METALEXPORTIMPORT has re-oriented
its activity towards the import of raw materials
and other goods necessary for the steel industry,
during 1990 –1997 importing large quantities
of coking coal, blast furnace coke, iron ore,
ferro-alloys, refractory products, natural gas,
electric power, spare parts, etc.
Reverting
to the importance of the road covered so far,
it is worth mentioning that the company is now
undergoing a wide process of restructuring. Since
1993, important steps were made towards privatization.
All those who are now under the banner of the
company METALEXPORTIMPORT enjoy today the happiness
of its 55-th anniversary. At the same time, they
do not lose sight of the present-day realities
which oblige them, by means of the exigencies
of the market economy, to live on their own feet,
to make their own way, to choose from thousands
of solutions, the best one.
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