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US long steel products imports down 52% in February, back up 73% in March

April 18, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports fell 52% from 367,000 short tons in January to 175,000 tons in February. Compared to February import licenses, March licenses rose 73% to 302,000 tons. The 73% rise was mainly due to higher rebar import licenses for countries including Portugal and Spain, as well higher […]

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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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February world crude steel production 137.3M tonnes, 4.1% higher than February 2018

March 27, 2019

Worldsteel published February’s world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 137.3 million metric tonnes, 4.1% higher than in February 2018. China accounted for 52% of world output in February with production of 71.0 million tonnes, 9.2% higher than in February 2018. Asian output outside of China rose 6.8%, with significantly higher production in […]

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US long steel products imports rise 60% in January and fall back 47% in February

March 22, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports rose 60% from 206,000 short tons in December to 329,000 tons in January. Compared to January import licenses, February licenses fell 47% to 175,000 tons. The drop between January and February was mainly due to lower rebar import licenses from Italy, Bulgaria and Vietnam. Wire […]

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US flat steel products imports rise 10% in January and fall back 19% in February

March 8, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports rose 10% from 656,000 short tons in December to 725,000 tons in January. Compared to January import licenses, February licenses fell 19% to 585,000 tons, mainly due to lower hot rolled licenses from Canada and Mexico, as well as lower hot dip galvanized licenses from […]

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January world crude steel production 146.7M tonnes, 1.0% higher than January 2018

February 26, 2019

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production today. World steel output was 146.7 million metric tonnes, 1.0% higher than in January 2018. China accounted for 51% of world output in January with production of 75.0 million tonnes, 4.3% higher than in January 2018. Asian output outside of China fell 2.9%, mainly due to a 9.8% […]

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