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US flat products imports drop 20% in May

June 6, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 20% from 737,000 short tons in April to 588,000 tons in May. May flat products imports in 2012 were 791,000 tons, in 2011 715,000 tons, in 2010 639,000 tons, and in 2009 350,000 tons. Imports of all flat rolled products except hot dip galvanized fell. […]

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World Crude Steel Production 125 million tonnes in January

March 1, 2013

Worldsteel published January’s global crude steel production on February 20th. World crude steel production was 124.8 million tonnes in January, 0.8% higher than in January 2012. Asian production showed a strong increase between January 2012 and January 2013; China’s production increased by 4.6%, India’s by 3.8% and Japan’s by 2.7%. In contrast, the European Union […]

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US flat products imports down 2% in November

December 14, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 2% from 736,000 short tons in October to 723,000 tons in November. November flat product imports in 2011 were 614,000 tons, in 2010 513,000 tons, in 2009 423,000 tons, and in 2008 641,000 tons. While the overall decline was 2%, cut plate imports declined by […]

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World Crude Steel Production 126.1 million tonnes in October

November 25, 2012

Worldsteel published October’s global crude steel production on November 20th. World crude steel production was 126.1 million metric tonnes, 2.0% higher than in October 2011 for the 62 countries reporting. Average daily production declined by 1.5% compared to September but due to the longer October month, total production rose from 123.9 to 126.1 million tonnes […]

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US flat products imports rise 6% in September

October 14, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 6% from 695,000 short tons in August to 739,000 tons in September. September flat products imports in 2011 were 576,000 tons, in 2010 563,000 tons, in 2009 434,000 tons, and in 2008 816,000 tons. A rise in hot rolled imports drove the overall climb, with […]

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World crude steel production 123.7 million tonnes in August

September 25, 2012

Worldsteel published August’s global crude steel production on September 20th. World crude steel production was 123.7 million tonnes, -0.3% lower than in August 2011 for the 62 countries reporting. Average daily production declined by 3.9% from July. China’s production remained basically flat at 58.70 million tonnes this year compared to 58.75 million tonnes in August […]

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