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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 flat products imports drop another 19% in May

June 19, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, flat products imports into the US declined 19% from 433,000 short tons in April to 351,000 tons in May. This compares to 816,000 tons of flat products imports in September 2008 when we started collecting the license data. Cut plate, hot roll, cold roll, and hot dip galvanized imports all […]

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US long products imports rise 3% in May

June 18, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 3% from 97,000 short tons in April to 100,000 tons in May. This can be compared to 242,000 tons of long products imports in May 2008. The most significant changes by product category were a rise in rebar imports from 31,000 tons in April to […]

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China results for May: crude production up 7% and apparent consumption highest ever

June 16, 2009

Chinese crude steel production climbed 7% from 43.4 million metric tonnes in April to 46.5 million tonnes in May. Net finished steel exports remained negative as finished exports declined from 1.41 million tonnes to 1.35 million tonnes and finished imports grew from 1.62 million tonnes to 1.65 million tonnes. As a result, apparent finished steel […]

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US long products imports fall 45% in April

May 20, 2009

As predicted in an earlier post, US long products imports in April dropped to a new historical low. Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports dropped 45% from 168,000 short tons in March to 92,000 tons in April. About 74,000 tons of this decline come from a 73% reduction in rebar licenses compared […]

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China results for April: crude production down 4% and finished steel exports down 16%

May 15, 2009

Chinese crude steel production dropped 4% from 45.1 million metric tonnes in March to 43.4 million tonnes in April. Finished steel exports continued their decline from 1.67 million tonnes in March to 1.41 million tonnes in April, a 16% drop. Finished steel imports rose to 1.62 million tonnes, resulting in net finished imports of 210,000 […]

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US flat products imports drop 18% in April

May 14, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, flat products imports into the US declined 18% from 488,000 short tons in March to 402,000 tons in April. Cut plate imports dropped 19% to 30,000 tons, hot rolled imports declined 30% to 160,000 tons, and hot dip galvanized imports fell 16% to 102,000 tons. Only cold rolled imports increased, […]

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