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US long products imports fall 17% in June

July 23, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 17% from 239,000 short tons in May to 199,000 tons in June. In comparison, June long products imports in 2011 were 267,000 tons, in 2010 220,000 tons, in 2009 104,000 tons, in 2008 269,000 tons, and in 2007 496,000 tons. Imports of all long products […]

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US flat products imports fall 10% in June

July 12, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 10% from 791,000 short tons in May to 709,000 tons in June. In comparison, June flat products imports in 2011 were 734,000 tons, in 2010 526,000 tons, and in 2009 252,000 tons. Driving the lower imports were hot rolled and hot dip galvanized imports which […]

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World crude steel production 130.6 million metric tonnes in May

June 21, 2012

Worldsteel published May’s global crude steel production on June 20th. World crude production reached 130.6 million metric tonnes, a rise of 0.6% compared to May 2011 for the 62 countries reporting. Average daily production dropped by 1.8% compared to April 2012. China production rose from April’s 60.6 to 61.2 million tonnes, but due to the […]

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US flat products imports drop 19% in May

June 10, 2012

Based on reported import licenses and after a 34% rise in April, US flat products imports fell 19% from 914,000 short tons in April to 744,000 tons in May. In comparison, May flat products imports in 2011 were 715,000 tons, in 2010 639,000 tons, and in 2009 350,000 tons. A 173,000-ton drop in hot roll […]

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US long products imports 3% lower in April

May 20, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 3% from 278,000 short tons in March to 270,000 tons in April. In comparison, March long products imports in 2011 were 239,000 tons, in 2010 232,000 tons, in 2009 168,000 tons, and in 2008 314,000 tons. The small change in April imports reflected a drop […]

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US flat products imports rise 34% in April

May 14, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 34% from 660,000 short tons in March to 887,000 tons in April. This is the highest level of flat products imports since we started collecting data in September 2008. The climb was driven by a 75% or 207,000-ton rise in hot rolled imports, with significant […]

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