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October licenses signal 2% rise in US flat steel products imports

November 7, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports are expected to rise 2% from 837,000 short tons in September to 856,000 tons in October. This is due to higher expected hot dip galvanized imports from countries including the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, as well as higher cut plate imports from South Korea. […]

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September licenses predict 21% rise in US flat steel products imports

October 10, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports are expected to rise 21% from 765,000 short tons in August to 927,000 tons in September. This is following a 41% increase in hot rolled licenses in September, due mainly to higher licenses from South Korea and Turkey. In addition, cold rolled import licenses rose […]

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US flat steel products imports fall 17% in August

September 6, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 17% from 853,000 short tons in July to 711,000 tons in August. Out of our four main flat products categories, hot rolled imports fell by the largest volume, with significantly lower imports from Japan, Turkey and South Korea. Cold rolled imports fell mainly from […]

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Demain c’est la Fête Nationale! It’s Bastille (and free steel report) Day in France!

July 13, 2018

In celebration of the French Bastille Day holdiay (& steel) tomorrow, we’re sharing our profile of the French steel industry. Just click on the image below to see and download the full PDF report. This profile “superbe”  was designed in our Steel Data Room. The underlying data will automatically update when the newest data is […]

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US flat steel products imports fall 16% in June

July 12, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 16% from 911,000 short tons in May to 769,000 tons in June. The biggest volume decline came from hot rolled imports, with product from Canada showing a steep drop, particularly in plate in coil. Flat products imports in the first six months of 2018 […]

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US flat products imports fall 20% in May

June 7, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 20% from 1,078,000 short tons in April to 863,000 tons in May. The biggest decline came from hot dip galvanized imports, with product from Russia showing a steep drop. Flat products imports in the first five months of 2018 were 3% higher than in the […]

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