US long products imports licenses dropped to 207,000 short tons in August compared to July actuals of 212,000 tons. This is due mainly to lower licenses for importers of rebar (where licenses reached 69,000 tons in August compared to July actuals of 97,000 tons) and wire rod (62,000 tons licenses in August compared to 87,000 tons July actuals). You will also notice in the data below that July license applications were (unusually) much higher than actual July imports by 28%. This was mainly the result of wire rod imports which were much lower at 36,000 tons than wire rod licenses at 87,000 tons, most likely because of turmoil related to the June 3rd US International Trade Decision on sunset reviews for wire rod imports.
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Revised US imports of wire rod in July July wire rod imports reported in our earlier post have been revised to 94,000 tons. The earlier figure was incorrect because it did not account for a change inUS long products imports show small rise US long products imports licenses grew marginally to 241,000 short tons in October from 233,000 tons of actual imports in September. As predicted in an earlier post, rebar licensesDecember US long products imports reach record low For those of you who are following US long products imports, December actual import figures have now been published, and are almost 30,000 short tons less than November imports, confirmingUS long products imports remain low in September US long products import licenses stayed low at 207,000 short tons in September, compared to August actual imports of 232,000 tons. Licenses granted up to October 15th indicate that rebarUS long products imports stay flat in July US long products imports remained low at about 270,000 short tons in July, as reported by SIMA import licenses. May and June imports were similarly low (242,000 tons and
