Sales decreased due to low deliveries
Outokumpu's sales and marketing know-how has been combined into a single entity called Group Sales and Marketing. During 2009, the new organisation launched in 2008, has continued to serve customers in the best possible ways. Delivery volumes of stainless steel in 2009 totalled 1 030 000 tonnes, clearly lower than in the previous year (2008: 1 423 000 tonnes). Group sales in 2009 were 52% lower at EUR 2 611 million (2008: EUR 5 474 million). The main reason for the clearly lower sales in 2009 was the extremely low delivery volumes. Because of lower metal prices transaction prices for stainless steel declined and also affected sales.
