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Jessica Wagner

My 15 years of steel industry experience includes consulting based in Pittsburgh, working for the former Mannesmann Demag Hüttentechnik in Duisburg, Germany, consulting based in London and now in the Milan area. I concentrate on steel and raw materials research and analysis outside the US.

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US long products imports flat in October

November 19, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports stayed flat in October at 194,000 short tons compared to September imports of 195,000 tons. Imports of all products declined except for beams and structural angles and channels. Beams imports more than doubled from 15,000 tons to 35,000 tons, with the rise coming mainly from Germany, […]

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US flat products imports fall 10% in October

November 11, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 10% from 563,000 short tons in September to 505,000 tons in October. This can be compared to 482,000 tons of flat products imports in October 2009 and 778,000 tons in October 2008. Hot rolled imports fell by 71,000 tons mainly due to lower imports from […]

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US flat products imports rise 18% in September

October 22, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports grew 18% from 468,000 short tons in August to 551,000 tons in September. This followed a 20% fall between July and August. In comparison, September 2009 imports were 434,000 tons and September 2008 imports were 816,000 tons. The largest volume increase in imports came from hot […]

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US long products imports fall 31% in September

October 18, 2010

Based on reported import licenses and as predicted in my earlier post, US long products imports dropped 31% to 188,000 short tons in September compared to 272,000 tons of licenses in August. This can be compared to long products imports of 136,000 tons in September 2009, 233,000 tons in September 2008 and 312,000 tons in […]

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US long products imports climb 11% in August

September 15, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 11% to 272,000 short tons in August compared to 244,000 tons of licenses in July. This can be compared to long products imports of 125,000 tons in August 2009, 232,000 tons in August 2008, and 347,000 tons in August 2007. I will add actual July […]

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US flat products imports fall 20% in August

September 10, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 20% from 600,000 short tons in July to 480,000 tons in August. This can be compared to 353,000 tons of flat products imports in August 2009. Imports of every product declined but the largest drop came from hot roll which fell by 65,000 tons between […]

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