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US long products imports down 36% on November, 2021 to 240kt

December 19, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 36% from 375,000 short tons in November, 2021 to 240,000 tons last month. The decline was mainly due to lower rebar imports from Algeria and Spain, as well as lower wire rod imports from Algeria, Canada and Brazil. Long products imports in the first eleven […]

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US long products imports fall 2% on June, 2021 to 338kt

July 18, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports dropped 2% from 344,000 short tons in June, 2021 to 338,000 tons last month. Rebar imports fell by the largest volume compared to other long products categories following lower rebar imports from Spain and Italy, and despite a significant rise from Algeria. Wire Rod imports also […]

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US long products imports fall 10% on January 2020

February 19, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports dropped 10% from 266,000 short tons in January 2020 to 240,000 tons in January this year. Licenses indicate that the decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Brazil and lower rebar imports from Spain. Parallel flange sections imports rose, however, with higher volumes […]

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World crude steel production up 5.8% on December 2019, down 0.9% on full-year 2019

January 26, 2021

Worldsteel published December 2020 and full-year 2020 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 160.9 million metric tonnes in December, 5.8% higher than in December 2019. Full-year 2020 steel production was 1,829.1 million tonnes, 0.9% lower than in full-year 2019. China produced 1,053.0 million tonnes of crude steel in 2020, accounting for 58% […]

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US long products imports rise 35% on November 2019

December 18, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 35% from 172,000 short tons in November 2019 to 232,000 tons in November this year. Licenses indicate that the increase was mainly due to higher rebar imports from Turkey, Portugal, and Spain. Based on January to October imports and November import licenses, US long products […]

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September world crude steel production 156Mt, +2.9% on September 2019

October 23, 2020

Worldsteel published September 2020 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 156.4 million metric tonnes, 2.9% higher than in September 2019. Crude steel production in the first nine months of 2020 was 3.1% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 59% of world output in September. Chinese production was […]

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