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US flat products imports drop 21% in June

July 22, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 21% from 639,000 short tons in May to 506,000 tons in June. This can be compared to 252,000 tons of flat products imports in June 2009. The decline was driven by hot rolled imports which dropped by 107,000 tons due to lower imports from a […]

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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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US flat products imports fall 7% in November

December 9, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 7% from 429,000 short tons in October (according to preliminary census figures) to 398,000 short tons in November. This can be compared to 641,000 tons of imports in November 2008. Hot rolled and cold rolled imports both grew at 1% between October and November. Cut […]

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US flat products imports are flat in October

November 16, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 1% from 434,000 short tons in September to 438,000 tons in October. This shows a slowing of flat imports growth after strong 10-25% growth per month since July. Driving the small rise were hot dip galvanized imports which rose 8% to 91,000 tons, with imports […]

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US flat products imports rise 30% in September

October 15, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 30% from 353,000 short tons in August to 458,000 tons in September. This compares to flat products imports of 816,000 tons in September when we started collecting flat products license data. Flat rolled imports have been rising continuously since a June 2009 low of 252,000 […]

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