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US flat products imports climb 6% in February

March 10, 2010

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 [...]

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US long products imports decline 5.1% in January

February 15, 2010

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 [...]

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US flat products imports rise 2% in January

February 11, 2010

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 [...]

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US flat products imports drop 6% in December

January 24, 2010

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 [...]

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China results for December: crude production up 5% and exports up 17%

January 20, 2010

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 [...]

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US long products imports rise 66% in December

January 19, 2010

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 [...]

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US long products imports drop 47% in November

December 17, 2009

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%. [...]

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China results for November: crude production down 9% and exports up 5%

December 15, 2009

Chinese crude steel production dropped 9% from 51.8 million metric tonnes in October to 47.3 million tonnes in November. This is still 34% higher than November 2008 crude steel production.
Finished steel exports rose 5% to 2.85 million tonnes, continuing the climb started in June 2009 when exports were 1.43 million tonnes. November 2009 [...]

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