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US long products imports fall 19% in September

October 20, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 19% from 458,000 short tons in August to 369,000 tons in September. Long products imports in September 2014 were 398,000 tons and in September 2013 they were 360,000 tons. Longs imports for the first nine months of 2015 were 10% higher than in the same […]

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US flat products imports fall 8% in September

October 7, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 8% from 1,096,000 short tons in August to 1,006,000 tons in September. Flat products imports in September 2014 were 1,387,000 tons and in September 2013 they were 816,000 tons. Imports of flat products over the first 9 months of 2015 were 5% higher than in […]

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May world crude steel production 141M tonnes

July 3, 2014

Worldsteel published May’s global crude steel production on June 20th. World crude steel production was 141 million metric tonnes, 2% higher than in May 2013. Year-to-May production in 2014 was 3% higher than in the same period last year. China continues to account for 50% of world production. China’s output in May was 70 million […]

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US flat products imports rise 4% in March

April 11, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports climbed 4% from 982,000 short tons in February to 1,025,000 tons in March. This is the highest level of flat products imports registered since Nerds began collecting the data in September, 2008. In addition, March imports were 57% higher than in March last year. The 4% […]

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January world crude steel production 130MT

February 24, 2014

Worldsteel published January’s global crude steel production on February 20th. World crude steel production was 129.8 million metric tonnes, 0.4% lower than in January 2013 and 0.5% higher than in December 2013. China’s production accounted for 47% of total world production in January and showed a 3.2% decline between January 2013 and January 2014 and […]

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US flat products imports increase 48% in January

February 13, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 48% from 738,000 short tons in December to 988,000 tons in January. January flat products imports in 2013 were 666,000 tons, in 2012 705,000 tons, in 2011 534,000 tons and in 2010 440,000 tons. The rise in January imports compared to December was mainly due […]

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