US flat products imports climb 6% in February

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 6% from 432,000 short tons in January to 456,000 tons in February. This can be compared to 548,000 tons of flat products imports in February 2009.

Hot rolled imports showed the highest import volume gain by rising 20,000 tons in February while cut plate had the highest percentage gain by rising 49% to reach imports of 17,000 tons. Cold rolled imports dropped by 18% to 62,000 tons and hot dip galvanized imports showed a marginal decline.

It’s too early in the month to accurately forecast full-month March imports, but I will update the spreadsheet below with the newest March 16th data next week.

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