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		<title>US flat products imports climb 6% in February</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/03/10/us-flat-products-imports-climb-6-in-february/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Wagner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World crude steel production rises 25% year on year &#8211; January 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/02/22/world-crude-steel-production-rises-25-year-on-year-january-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Moss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least that&#8217;s the headline from worldsteel which published world crude steel production data for January today. Of course that&#8217;s a rise of 25% comparing January 2010 to January 2009. The press release is here and you can mess about with all the data in the Nerds spreadsheet below. 
The more interesting analysis is likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US long products imports decline 5.1% in January</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/02/15/us-long-products-imports-decline-5-1-in-january/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Wagner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 5.1% from 166,000 short tons in December to 158,000 tons in January.  This can be compared to long products imports of 264,000 tons in January 2009 and 385,000 tons in January 2008.
Imports dropped significantly for wire rod in particular from 96,000 tons in December [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US flat products imports rise 2% in January</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/02/11/us-flat-products-imports-rise-2-in-january/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Wagner</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/?p=11085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 2% from 405,000 short tons in December to 412,000 tons in January.  This can be compared to 532,000 tons of flat products imports in January 2009.  
Hot dip galvanized imports showed the largest gains rising by 16% followed by hot rolled imports which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US flat products imports drop 6% in December</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/01/24/us-flat-products-imports-drop-6-in-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Wagner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 6% from 423,000 short tons in November to 399,000 tons in December.  This can be compared to 474,000 tons of flat products imports in December 2008.
The reduction in imports was driven by a 22% drop in hot roll imports, due basically to lower volumes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World crude steel output 2009 full year &#8211; down 8%</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/01/22/world-crude-steel-output-2009-full-year-down-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Moss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worldsteel just published the data for crude steel production for December 2009 and in doing so the total for the year. You can see their press release here and the data for 2009 and back to 2006 by month and country in the Nerds spreadsheet below.
December crude steel production was just about flat with November [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China results for December: crude production up 5% and exports up 17%</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/01/20/china-results-for-december-crude-production-up-5-and-exports-up-17/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/01/20/china-results-for-december-crude-production-up-5-and-exports-up-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Moss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese crude steel production rose 5% from 47.3 million metric tonnes in November to 49.4 million tonnes in December.  This brings total 2009 crude steel production to 568 million tonnes compared to 498 million tonnes in 2008.
Finished steel exports continued to climb, rising 17% in December to 3.3 million tonnes.  This can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US long products imports rise 66% in December</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/01/19/us-long-products-imports-rise-66-in-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Wagner</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://69.89.31.173/~nerdsofs/?p=9241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 66% from 99,000 short tons in November to 164,000 tons in December.  This can be compared to long products imports of 178,000 tons in December 2008 and 207,000 tons in December 2007.  
Imports grew in all product categories.  The highest volume rise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World crude steel production down 5% in November</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/01/05/world-crude-steel-production-down-5-in-november/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2010/01/05/world-crude-steel-production-down-5-in-november/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Moss</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/?p=7693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Late in posting this data, so apologies. worldsteel data for November 2009 crude steel production was released just prior to the holidays on December 21st. World crude steel output in November 2009 was down about 5% month on month. But November 2009 was up about 22% over November 2008. All in all the recovery in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US long products imports drop 47% in November</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2009/12/17/us-long-products-imports-drop-47-in-november/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdsofsteel.com/2009/12/17/us-long-products-imports-drop-47-in-november/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Wagner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on reported import licenses and as predicted in my earlier post, US long products imports declined 47% from 210,000 short tons in October to 112,000 tons in November.  November 2008 long products imports were 173,000 tons.
While imports of merchant bar were flat, imports of all other products decreased each by over 30%.  [...]]]></description>
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