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US flat products imports fall 13% in November

December 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 13% from 703,000 short tons in October to 614,000 tons in November. This can be compared to November flat products imports of 513,000 tons in 2010, 423,000 tons in 2009, and 641,000 tons in 2008. Imports of all flat products categories declined, but hot roll […]

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US flat products imports rise 23% in October

November 13, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 23% from 577,000 short tons in September to 712,000 tons in October. In comparison, October flat products imports were 509,000 tons in 2010, 482,000 tons in 2009 and 778,000 tons in 2008. 113,000 tons of the 135,000-ton rise between September and October was due to […]

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US flat products imports drop 11% in September

October 13, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 11% from 637,000 short tons in August (preliminary census data), to 564,000 tons in September. Flat products imports in September 2010 were only 1,000 tons different from 2011 at 563,000 tons while September 2009 imports were 434,000 tons and September 2008 imports were 816,000 tons. […]

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US flat products imports drop 20% in August

September 16, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 20% from 830,000 short tons in July to 667,000 tons in August. In comparison, flat products imports in August 2010 were 468,000 tons and in August 2009 they were 353,000 tons. The decline was driven by a 129,000 ton drop in hot roll imports which […]

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US flat products imports rise 13% in July

August 10, 2011

Based on reported import licenses and in comparison to preliminary June census data, US flat products imports increased 13% from 706,000 short tons in June to 798,000 tons in July. This can be compared to flat products imports of 600,000 tons in July 2010 and 291,000 tons in July 2009. The rise was driven by […]

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US flat products imports up 24% in April

May 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 24% from 621,000 short tons in March to 768,000 tons in April. In comparison, April 2010 flats imports were 558,000 tons and April 2009 were 433,000 tons. Hot rolled imports were up by 116,000 tons or 39% due to rising imports from countries including Korea, […]

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