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US flat products imports declined 6% in March

April 23, 2009

Based on recorded import licenses, flat products imports into the US dropped 6% from 548,000 short tons in February to 515,000 tons in March. This minor change in the total imports volume masks more significant volume changes in individual products. Cut plate imports continued their sharp decline dropping 50% between February and March to 36,000 […]

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US long products imports climb 16% from February low

April 20, 2009

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China results for Feb: crude production down 2%, finished steel exports down 16%

April 6, 2009

After a 10% climb between December and January, crude steel production in China declined 2% to 40.42 million metric tonnes in February.  As a result of a 27% growth in finished steel imports to 1.09 million tonnes and a 16% drop in finished steel exports to 1.56 million tonnes, net finished steel exports reached a low […]

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US long products imports in Feb decline 41% to below Nov ’08 level

March 19, 2009

Based on reported US import licenses, long products imports in February declined by 41% compared to January actuals to reach 156,000 short tons, below the November 2008 import low of 173,000 tons. This was driven mainly by the halving of wire rod imports from 84,000 tons in January to 41,000 tons in February, and by […]

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China results for Jan: crude production up 10%, exports down 40%

March 13, 2009

Chinese crude steel production grew 10% between December and January to reach 41.5 million metric tonnes. Exports declined to 1.91 million tonnes in January, a full 40% decrease on December, and apparent domestic consumption was 37.8 million tonnes compared to 33.1 million tonnes in December.  

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World crude steel output up 5% in January

February 23, 2009

Worldsteel just published the preliminary world crude steel production figures for January 2009. They show a small 5% increase in output from December data entirely attributable to China – a trend that seems to have been shortlived according to this article in the FT on February 20. For non FT-subscribers the article says: Chinese steel […]

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