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US long products imports increase 16% in October

November 19, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 16% from 398,000 short tons in September to 462,000 tons in October. October 2014 longs imports were 54% higher than in October 2013 and January-to-October longs imports were 23% higher than in the same period last year. The rise in October was mainly due to […]

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US flat products imports rise 13% in October

November 6, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, and after a rise of about 20% between August and September, US flat products imports increased 13% from 1,387,000 short tons in September to 1,566,000 tons in October. Flat products imports in October 2013 were 806,000 tons and in October 2012 they were 736,000 tons. Flats imports for the first […]

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US long products imports fall 20% in July

August 23, 2014

Based on reported import licenses and as predicted in last month’s post, US long products imports dropped 20% from 381,000 short tons in June to 306,000 tons in July. July 2014 imports were 4% lower than in July 2013, and in addition, January-to-July 2014 imports were 19% higher than in the same period last year. […]

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US flat products imports climb 15% in July

August 14, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US flat product imports increased 15% from 1,160,000 short tons in June to 1,336,000 tons in July. Flat products imports in July, 2013 were 678,000 tons and in July, 2012 they were 798,000 tons. January-to-July flats imports were 63% higher than in the same period last year, with cold rolled […]

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April world crude steel production 137M tonnes

May 27, 2014

Worldsteel published April’s global crude steel production on May 21st. World crude steel production was 137 million metric tonnes, 3% higher than in April 2013. Year-to-April production in 2014 was 4% higher than in the same period last year. China continues to account for 50% of world production. Its output increased by 5% compared to […]

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US flat products imports up 1% in April

May 8, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 1% from 1,001,000 short tons in March to 1,010,000 tons in April. April flat products imports were 737,000 tons in 2013 and 914,000 tons in 2012. In addition, January-to-April 2014 flat products imports were 2,728,000 tons, 43% higher than January-to-April imports in 2013. Though licenses […]

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