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US September flat products imports 816,000 tons, October licenses incomplete

November 22, 2013

US flat products imports for September were 816,000 short tons, 3% higher than my estimate based on import licenses reported October 31st. It is impossible to predict October imports based on import licenses because the figures reported by SIMA are incomplete due to the October 1st to 16th government shutdown (see also my earlier post […]

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US flat products imports rise 3% in August

September 5, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 3% from 678,000 short tons in July to 701,000 tons in August. August flat products imports in 2012 were 695,000 tons, in 2011 639,000 tons, in 2010 468,000 tons, and in 2009 353,000 tons. Hot dip galvanized and cold rolled imports both rose by about […]

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US flat products imports up 5% in July

August 8, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 5% from 607,000 short tons in June to 636,000 tons in July. July flat products imports in 2012 were 798,000 tons, in 2011 830,000 tons, in 2010 600,000 tons, and in 2009 291,000 tons. The change was due to higher hot rolled imports of almost […]

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US flat products imports increase 2% in June

July 7, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 2% from 623,000 short tons in May to 632,000 tons in June. June flat products imports in 2012 were 708,000 tons, in 2011 734,000 tons, in 2010 526,000 tons, and in 2009 252,000 tons. The rise was mainly the result of hot rolled imports increasing […]

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US flat products imports drop 20% in May

June 6, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 20% from 737,000 short tons in April to 588,000 tons in May. May flat products imports in 2012 were 791,000 tons, in 2011 715,000 tons, in 2010 639,000 tons, and in 2009 350,000 tons. Imports of all flat rolled products except hot dip galvanized fell. […]

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US flat products imports increase 4% in April

May 9, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 4% from 652,000 short tons in March to 681,000 tons in April. April flat products imports in 2012 were 914,000 tons, in 2011 690,000 tons, in 2010 558,000 tons, and in 2009 433,000 tons. Driving the increase was a 63,000-ton rise in Cut Plate imports […]

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