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Import licenses signal 24% rise in US long steel products imports in November

December 20, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports rose 24% from 198,000 short tons in October to 246,000 tons in November. The increase is mainly the result of higher wire rod imports from Germany, Venezuela, and Australia. Based on January to October imports and November licenses, long products imports in the first eleven […]

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September licenses predict 21% rise in US flat steel products imports

October 10, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports are expected to rise 21% from 765,000 short tons in August to 927,000 tons in September. This is following a 41% increase in hot rolled licenses in September, due mainly to higher licenses from South Korea and Turkey. In addition, cold rolled import licenses rose […]

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US flat steel products imports rise 6% in January

February 7, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports rose 6% from 703,000 short tons in December to 743,000 tons in January. The increase was mainly driven by higher hot rolled imports from Japan, Korea, and Turkey, though cold rolled imports declined from Turkey, Russia, and Australia. SIMA US flat products import licenses and […]

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US flat steel imports drop 10% in September

October 11, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 10% from 912,000 short tons in August to 821,000 tons in September. Flat products imports for the first nine months of 2017 were 2% lower than in the first nine months of 2016. However, comparing the first nine months of 2017 to 2016 by […]

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US hot rolled imports down 54% since January 2015 peak

April 11, 2016

The US Department of Commerce published the preliminary anti-dumping decision on hot rolled steel imports on March 15th. Now that the February import data has been published, we can look at the impact of the trade case on import volumes, as we did in an earlier post for cold rolled imports. Since the last peak […]

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US flat products imports climb 12% in December

January 7, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products import rose 12% from 843,000 short tons in November to 947,000 tons in December. Flat products imports in December 2014 were 1,333,000 tons and in December 2013 they were 738,000 tons. Imports of flat products for the full year 2015 were 7% lower than in 2014, driven […]

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