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US flat products imports down 13% in February

March 11, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 13% from 534,000 short tons in January to 463,000 tons in February. In comparison, February 2010 flat imports were 444,000 tons and February 2009 imports were 548,000 tons. The decline was driven by lower hot roll imports, which decreased by 67,000 tons or 23%, due […]

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US flat products imports fall 4% in January

February 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 4% from 547,000 short tons in December to 527,000 tons in January. This can be compared to imports of 405,000 tons in December 2009 and 474,000 tons in December 2008. Imports of all product categories fell except for hot dip galvanized which increased by 16,000 […]

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US flat products imports fall 6% in December

January 16, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 6% from 513,000 short tons in November to 481,000 tons in December. This can be compared to 405,000 tons in December 2009 and 474,000 tons in December 2008. Hot dip galvanized imports fell the most, dropping by 22,000 tons due to significant declines from Korea […]

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US flat products imports rise 11% in November

December 13, 2010

Based on reported import licenses and after dropping about the same amount in October, US flat products imports increased 11% from 509,000 short tons to 564,000 tons in November. This can be compared to 423,000 tons in November 2009 and 641,000 tons in November 2008. Hot rolled imports rose the most, by 65,000 tons, driven […]

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US flat products imports fall 10% in October

November 11, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 10% from 563,000 short tons in September to 505,000 tons in October. This can be compared to 482,000 tons of flat products imports in October 2009 and 778,000 tons in October 2008. Hot rolled imports fell by 71,000 tons mainly due to lower imports from […]

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US flat products imports rise 18% in September

October 22, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports grew 18% from 468,000 short tons in August to 551,000 tons in September. This followed a 20% fall between July and August. In comparison, September 2009 imports were 434,000 tons and September 2008 imports were 816,000 tons. The largest volume increase in imports came from hot […]

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