Brazil raw steel output falls 3.1 % in April, AÇO BRASIL says

SAO PAULO, 19 May (Reuters) – Raw steel output in Brazil fell 3.1 % to 2.628 million tonnes in April in an annual basis, Aco Brasil, the group that represents mills, said on Monday. Sales in the local market fell 3.0 % to 1.687 million tonnes in the April from the same period a year earlier,the institute, known as Aço Brasil, said in a report.