Capital Goods
Steel is beginning to be used in the early stages of the productive chains, in the machines that will be used to produce goods necessary to the well-being of the population, the capital goods. Foodstuffs, household appliances, cleaning and personal care products, cars, etc., all industrialized products depend on capital goods to exist and steel is one of their basic raw materials.
Participation of Consuming Sectors:
The distribution of steel consumption in the country is presented in the graph below (data from year 2008):
