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US flat steel products imports in July down 19% on last year

August 7, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 19% from 853,000 short tons in July 2018 to 688,000 tons in July 2019. The decline was mainly due to lower hot rolled imports, but hot dip galvanized and cold rolled imports also fell. Based on January to June imports and July import licenses, […]

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June world crude steel production rises 4.6% to 159.0Mt

July 26, 2019

Worldsteel published June world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 159.0 million metric tonnes, 4.6% higher than in June 2018. China accounted for 55% of world production in June with output of 87.5 million tonnes, 10.0% higher than in June 2018. Asian production outside of China was flat (-0.01%), with an increase […]

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US long products import licenses in June up 39% on last year

July 18, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports rose 39% year-on-year from 190,000 short tons in June 2018 to 264,000 tons in June 2019. The increase was mainly due to higher rebar and parallel flange sections imports, while wire rod and merchant bar imports declined June-on-June. Based on January to May imports and […]

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US long products import licenses in April decline 37% on last year

May 21, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports fell 37% from 427,000 short tons in April 2018 to 270,000 in April 2019. The drop was mainly due to lower rebar and parallel flange sections imports. However, wire rod import licenses in April 2019 were 38% higher than April 2018 imports, offsetting declines in […]

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US flat steel products imports rise 8% in March and 4% in April

May 8, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports rose 8% from 622,000 short tons in February to 671,000 tons in March. Compared to March import licenses, April licenses rose 4% to 696,000 tons, mainly due to higher hot roll licenses from Japan and higher cut plate licenses from South Korea. Based on January/February […]

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March World Crude Steel Production 155.0M tonnes, 4.9% higher than in March 2018

April 29, 2019

Worldsteel published March world crude steel production today. World steel output was 155.0 million metric tonnes, 4.9% higher than in March 2018. China accounted for 52% of world output in March with production of 80.3 million tonnes, 10.0% higher than in March 2018. Asian output outside of China remained steady, rising 0.8% March-on-March, though a […]

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