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US flat products imports fall 13% in November

December 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 13% from 703,000 short tons in October to 614,000 tons in November. This can be compared to November flat products imports of 513,000 tons in 2010, 423,000 tons in 2009, and 641,000 tons in 2008. Imports of all flat products categories declined, but hot roll […]

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US long products imports rise 6% in October

November 20, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 6% from 146,000 short tons in September to 155,000 tons in October. October long products imports in 2010 were 179,000 tons, in 2009 210,000 tons, in 2008 211,000 tons and in 2007 238,000 tons. An 8,000-ton rise in wire rod imports drove the overall increase, […]

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World apparent steel use revised upward in wsa’s Short Range Outlook

October 26, 2011

worldsteel‘s forecast for growth in world apparent steel use in 2011 was revised upward from 5.9% in April’s Short Range Outlook to 6.5% in October’s Short Range Outlook published recently. worldsteel expects world apparent steel use to reach 1,398 million metric tonnes in 2011 (instead of April’s forecast of 1,359 m tonnes) and 1,473 m […]

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World crude steel production published for September 2011

October 21, 2011

worldsteel published September 2011’s world crude steel production today. Average daily production increased by 2.8% though monthly production was down 0.5% due to the short month. Countries where production declined the most in September included China with a 2.05 million metric tonne drop, the Ukraine (down 0.3 million tonnes), and the US (down 0.25 million […]

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US long products imports drop 26% in September

October 19, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 26% from 190,000 short tons in August to 142,000 tons in September. This can be compared to 195,000 tons in September 2010, 136,000 tons in September 2009, 233,000 tons in September 2008 and 312,000 tons in September 2007. Rebar imports dropped by 29,000 tons due […]

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US flat products imports drop 11% in September

October 13, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 11% from 637,000 short tons in August (preliminary census data), to 564,000 tons in September. Flat products imports in September 2010 were only 1,000 tons different from 2011 at 563,000 tons while September 2009 imports were 434,000 tons and September 2008 imports were 816,000 tons. […]

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