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US flat steel products imports down 30% on October 2018

November 6, 2019

Based on reported imports licenses, US flat products imports fell 30% year-on-year from 893,000 short tons in October 2018 to 625,000 tons in October this year. The decline was mainly due to lower hot rolled imports, with HR volumes falling from South Korea, Mexico, Japan, Canada and the Netherlands. Imports were lower for all flat […]

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US long steel products imports fall 6% on September 2018

October 21, 2019

Based on reported imports licenses, US long products imports fell 6% from 226,000 short tons in September 2018 to 211,000 tons in September this year. The decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports, but parallel flange sections and light shapes imports also fell. Based on January to August imports and September import licenses, […]

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US long steel products imports drop 18% in August

September 18, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 18% from 279,000 short tons in July to 227,000 tons in August. Lower rebar imports were the main cause, with rebar imports declining from Italy, Spain and Algeria. Compared to August, 2018 long products imports, volumes fell 32%. Based on January to July imports and […]

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US flat steel products imports fall 5% in August

September 11, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 5.4% from 666,000 short tons in July to 630,000 tons in August. The decline was mainly due to lower cut plate imports from South Korea though imports of all flat products categories declined. Based on January to July imports and August import licenses, flat […]

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US flat steel products imports down 8% in June

July 10, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 8% from 642,000 short tons in May to 588,000 tons in June. Compared to June imports last year, June 2019 licenses show a 21% drop, with the largest decline coming from hot dip galvanized imports, down 36%. Based on January to May imports and […]

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US flat steel products imports down 30% in February, up 15% in March

April 10, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 30% from 839,000 short tons in January to 585,000 tons in February. Compared to February import licenses, March licenses rose 15% to 671,000 tons, mainly due to higher hot rolled import licenses from South Korea and higher cold roll import licenses from a number […]

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