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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 rise 51% in October

November 19, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 51% from 136,000 short tons in September to 205,000 tons in October. October 2008 long products imports were 211,000 tons.
Imports of all products increased except light shapes, but as predicted in my earlier post, wire rod imports drove the sharp imports rise by growing [...]

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US long products imports rise 26% in August

September 18, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 26% from 104,000 short tons in July to 131,000 tons in August. This is the highest level since March 2009 when long products imports were 168,000 tons, but it is below August 2008 imports of 232,000 tons.
Wire rod imports increased 121% from [...]

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US long products imports rise 9% in June

July 17, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 9% from 98,000 short tons in May to 108,000 tons in June. To put this in perspective, long products imports in June 2008 were 269,000 tons and in June 2007, 496,000 tons.
There were some significant changes within the product categories. Rebar imports dropped [...]

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US long products imports decline from January and February levels

April 17, 2008

US long products imports will continue to decline in March. Long products import licenses continued their decline to 257,000 short tons in March, compared to February import actuals of 330,000 tons and January actuals of 385,000 tons. Rebar licenses led this decline with March import licenses at 77,000 tons compared to February actuals [...]

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US long products imports rebound

February 14, 2008

US long products imports rose in January for the first time since June 2007, based on SIMA US import licenses. As you can see in the spreadsheet below, an increase in rebar and beam import licenses is driving the rebound. Rebar licenses almost tripled in Jan 08 compared to the Dec 07, but [...]

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