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US flat products imports drop 20% in August

September 16, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 20% from 830,000 short tons in July to 667,000 tons in August. In comparison, flat products imports in August 2010 were 468,000 tons and in August 2009 they were 353,000 tons. The decline was driven by a 129,000 ton drop in hot roll imports which […]

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US flat products imports drop 5% in May

June 11, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 5% from 690,000 short tons in April to 656,000 tons in May. In comparison, May 2010 flat products imports were 639,000 tons and May 2009 imports were 350,000 tons. The drop was driven by lower hot dip galvanized and cold rolled imports. Hot dip imports […]

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US flat products imports up 24% in April

May 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 24% from 621,000 short tons in March to 768,000 tons in April. In comparison, April 2010 flats imports were 558,000 tons and April 2009 were 433,000 tons. Hot rolled imports were up by 116,000 tons or 39% due to rising imports from countries including Korea, […]

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US flat products imports increase 8% in May

June 9, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports climbed 8% in May compared to preliminary April census data. Imports increased from 556,000 short tons to 602,000 tons. This can be compared to 350,000 of flat products imports in May 2009. The increase was driven by hot roll imports which rose 17% to 354,00 tons […]

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US flat products imports climb 6% in February

March 10, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 6% from 432,000 short tons in January to 456,000 tons in February. This can be compared to 548,000 tons of flat products imports in February 2009. Hot rolled imports showed the highest import volume gain by rising 20,000 tons in February while cut plate had […]

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