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US flat products imports fall 4% in January

February 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 4% from 547,000 short tons in December to 527,000 tons in January. This can be compared to imports of 405,000 tons in December 2009 and 474,000 tons in December 2008. Imports of all product categories fell except for hot dip galvanized which increased by 16,000 [...]

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US long products imports decline 6% in December

January 20, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 6% from 189,000 short tons in November to 178,000 tons in December. This can be compared to 166,000 tons in December 2009, 178,000 tons in December 2008, and 207,000 tons in December 2007. The drop was driven by a 16,000 ton decline in wire rod [...]

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US flat products imports fall 6% in December

January 16, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 6% from 513,000 short tons in November to 481,000 tons in December. This can be compared to 405,000 tons in December 2009 and 474,000 tons in December 2008. Hot dip galvanized imports fell the most, dropping by 22,000 tons due to significant declines from Korea [...]

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US flat products imports drop 21% in June

July 22, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 21% from 639,000 short tons in May to 506,000 tons in June. This can be compared to 252,000 tons of flat products imports in June 2009. The decline was driven by hot rolled imports which dropped by 107,000 tons due to lower imports from a [...]

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US flat products imports fall 7% in November

December 9, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 7% from 429,000 short tons in October (according to preliminary census figures) to 398,000 short tons in November. This can be compared to 641,000 tons of imports in November 2008. Hot rolled and cold rolled imports both grew at 1% between October and November. Cut [...]

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US flat products imports rise 30% in September

October 15, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 30% from 353,000 short tons in August to 458,000 tons in September. This compares to flat products imports of 816,000 tons in September when we started collecting flat products license data. Flat rolled imports have been rising continuously since a June 2009 low of 252,000 [...]

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US flat products imports rise 27% in August

September 18, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 27% from 291,000 short tons in July to 369,000 tons in August. This compares to flat products imports of 816,000 tons in September 2008 when we started collecting flat products license data. Hot dip galvanized imports showed the only decline from 68,000 tons in July [...]

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Presentation to Steel Business Briefing Conference Chicago

March 12, 2008

Below is a presentation I made at Steel Business Briefing’s North American steel conference held in Chicago March 2008. The topic of my panel was “American Steel: Land of Opportunity”. My presentation deals with the recent acquisition of steel assets in North America by companies headquartered outside the region and argues that the North American [...]

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