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US long products imports fall 15% on September 2019

October 19, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, now available on the new ITA Steel Import Monitor website, US long products imports fell 15% from 214,000 short tons in September 2019 to 181,000 tons in September this year. Licenses indicate that the decline was mainly due to lower rebar imports from Algeria, Spain, and Turkey. Based on January […]

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US flat products imports drop 22% on September 2019

October 7, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 22% from 622,000 short tons in September 2019 to 482,000 tons last month. Hot rolled imports declined by the largest volume, down 25% on last September due mainly to lower volumes from Canada. Cold rolled imports dropped by the second largest volume, down 40% […]

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US long products imports drop 35% on August 2019

September 21, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 35% from 268,000 short tons in August 2019 to 174,000 tons in August this year. The decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Japan, India and South Korea, as well as lower parallel flange sections imports from South Korea. Based on January […]

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US flat products imports down 24% on August 2019

September 10, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 24% year-on-year from 638,000 short tons in August 2019 to 487,000 tons last month. Hot rolled imports declined by the largest volume, down 27%, mainly due to lower volumes from Canada. Cold rolled imports declined by the second largest volume, down 33% due to lower […]

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US long products imports down 6% on July 2019

August 18, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 6% from 279,000 short tons in July 2019 to 261,000 tons in July this year. The decline was mainly due to lower wire rod licenses from Brazil and Japan, but was partially offset by higher rebar licenses from Turkey. Based on January to June imports […]

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US flat products imports drop 20% on July 2019

August 12, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 20% from 666,000 short tons in July 2019 to 534,000 tons in July this year. Hot rolled import licenses fell by the largest volume on last year’s actuals (-75,000 tons), followed by cut plate imports (-36,000 tons). Based on January to June imports and July […]

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