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US flat products imports decline 22% on January 2020

February 11, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 22% from 669,000 short tons in January 2020 to 523,000 tonnes last month. Hot dip galvanized imports fell by the highest volume, dropping 31% due to lower imports from Brazil, Austria, South Korea and Canada. Cold rolled imports also fell significantly, declining 44% due mainly […]

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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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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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US long products imports down 6% on July 2019

August 18, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 6% from 279,000 short tons in July 2019 to 261,000 tons in July this year. The decline was mainly due to lower wire rod licenses from Brazil and Japan, but was partially offset by higher rebar licenses from Turkey. Based on January to June imports […]

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June world crude steel production 148.3Mt, down 7% on June 2019

July 24, 2020

Worldsteel published June world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 148.3 million metric tonnes, 7.0% lower than in June 2019. Crude steel production in the first six months of 2020 was 5.5% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 62% of world output in June. Chinese production was 91.6 […]

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US flat products imports fall 10% on June 2019

July 8, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 10% from 586,000 short tons in June 2019 to 527,000 tons in June this year. Cold rolled import licenses fell by the largest volume on last June’s actuals (-49,000 tons), followed by hot rolled imports (-42,000 tons) and cut plate (-13,000 tons). Hot dip galvanized […]

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