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US long products imports rise 25% in March

April 23, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 25% from 313,000 short tons in February to 385,000 tons in March. In comparison, long products imports in February in 2011 were 196,000 tons, in 2010 206,000 tons, in 2009 115,000 tons, and in 2008 330,000 tons. The overall climb was driven by a 54,000-ton […]

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US flat products imports decline 8% in March

April 15, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 8% from 720,000 short tons in February to 663,000 tons in March. In comparison, March flat products imports in 2011 were 621,000 tons and in 2010 they were 640,000 tons. Hot rolled imports fell by 64,000 tons, mainly due to lower imports from Korea and […]

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World crude steel production down 2.5% in February

March 22, 2012

worldsteel published February 2012’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. For the 59 countries reporting to worldsteel, production dropped by 2.5% between January and February to 119 million metric tonnes. In comparison, February 2011 world crude steel production for these countries was 117 million tonnes. Crude steel production in China dropped by 850,000 tonnes in […]

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US long products imports fall 8% in February

March 20, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 8% from 295,000 short tons in January to 273,000 tons in February. In comparison, February long products imports in 2011 were 196,000 tons and in 2010 they were 206,000 tons. After a strong rise in January, rebar imports dropped by 43,000 tons mainly due to […]

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US flat products imports up 2% in February

March 12, 2012

Based on reported import licenses and after a 31% rise in January, US flat products imports rose 2% from 705,000 short tons in January to 720,000 tons in February. In comparison, February flat products imports in 2011 were 440,000 tons and in 2010 they were 444,000 tons. While hot dip galvanized imports rose by 47,000 […]

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World crude steel production up 2% January 2012

February 29, 2012

worldsteel published January 2012’s world crude steel production last Tuesday. World production increased by 1.8% between December and January to 118 million metric tonnes. A number of countries increased production by between 200,000 and 350,000 tonnes in January including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the US and Japan. Counteracting this were production declines in the Africa/Middle […]

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