Par comparaison, seules les annees 1981 et 1985 ont connu des taux de penetration inferieurs des importations, en raison d'ailleurs du niveau tres bas des prix sur le marche communautaire; cette penetration a ete meme plus forte que le niveau des six premiers mois de 1986 au cours d'annees difficiles pour la siderurgie europeenne que furent 1977 (11,5 % de taux de penetration) et 1982 (11,1 %).
By comparison, only in 1981 and 1985 were the import penetration rates lower, and that was because prices on the Community market were very low. In 1977 and 1982 (two difficult years for the European steel industry) the penetration rates, at 11.5% and 11.1% respectively, were even higher than in the first six months of 1986.