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US long products imports rise 35% on November 2019

December 18, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 35% from 172,000 short tons in November 2019 to 232,000 tons in November this year. Licenses indicate that the increase was mainly due to higher rebar imports from Turkey, Portugal, and Spain. Based on January to October imports and November import licenses, US long products […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: World’s highest volume steel product trade route

December 17, 2020

What is the world’s highest volume finished steel product trade route? The answer can be found in this week’s dataset of the week, “Global Carbon & Alloy Steel Products Imports and Exports”. The data comes from the International Steel Statistics Bureau (ISSB) and includes monthly import and export data by country from 2013 in value […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: China Import and Export of Major Commodities

December 7, 2020

If you are looking for Chinese data on steel trade, you might want to check out the Dataset of the Week “China Import and Export of Major Commodities”. The information is published by the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China and contains monthly imports and exports of all major commodities in […]

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US long products imports down 3% on October 2019

November 19, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 3% from 233,000 short tons in October 2019 to 226,000 tons in October this year. Licenses indicate that the decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Japan and Canada. Based on January to September imports and October import licenses, US long products […]

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US flat products imports down 15% on October 2019

November 11, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 15% from 616,000 short tons in October 2019 to 526,000 tons last month. Hot rolled imports declined by the largest volume, down 21% on last October, due mainly to lower volumes from Canada and South Korea. Hot dip galvanized imports fell by the second largest […]

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China crude steel production up 11% and net exports down 78% on September 2019

October 27, 2020

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 92.6 million metric tonnes in September, 10.9% higher than in September 2019. Chinese production in the first nine months of 2020 was 4.7% higher than in the same period last year. Data from the General Administration of Customs show Chinese net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) […]

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