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US long products imports up 9% on December 2019, down 14% on full-year 2019

January 18, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 9% from 154,000 short tons in December 2019 to 168,000 tons in December this year. Licenses indicate that the rise was mainly due to higher wire rod imports from Brazil, Germany, and Canada. Full-year 2020 long products imports using December licenses were 14% lower than […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Vietnam steel trade from UN Comtrade

January 15, 2021

This week’s Steel Data Room dataset of the week looks at the rise in Vietnamese steel production compared to its steel exports and imports. The data comes from United Nations ComTRADE and includes steel products imports and exports by country annually and monthly back to 1988, in volume and value. One of the advantages of […]

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US flat products imports down 14% on December 2019

January 13, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 14% from 599,000 short tons in December 2019 to 513,000 tons last month. Cold rolled imports fell by the largest volume, declining 36% on last December due mainly to lower volumes from Mexico, Australia, Canada and Vietnam. Hot roll imports fell by the second largest […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: World’s Largest Public Steel Companies

January 5, 2021

If you are looking to chart financial data on publicly traded steel companies, this week’s dataset is for you. “World’s Largest Public Companies” contains data from Forbes including public company information back to 2010. Results can be filtered by industry (iron & steel, metals & mining, aluminum, trading companies etc.), country, and measure (assets, market […]

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China crude steel production up 8% and net exports down 28% on November 2019

December 23, 2020

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 87.7 million metric tonnes in November, 8% higher than in November 2019. Chinese production in the first eleven months of 2020 was 6% higher than in the same period last year. Data from the General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in […]

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November world crude steel production 158.3Mt, +6.6% on November 2019

December 23, 2020

Worldsteel published November 2020 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 158.3 million metric tonnes, 6.6% higher than in November 2019. Crude steel production in the first ten months of 2020 was 1.1% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 55% of world output in November. Chinese production was […]

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