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US long products imports fall 15% on September 2019

October 19, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, now available on the new ITA Steel Import Monitor website, US long products imports fell 15% from 214,000 short tons in September 2019 to 181,000 tons in September this year. Licenses indicate that the decline was mainly due to lower rebar imports from Algeria, Spain, and Turkey. Based on January […]

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US flat products imports drop 22% on September 2019

October 7, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 22% from 622,000 short tons in September 2019 to 482,000 tons last month. Hot rolled imports declined by the largest volume, down 25% on last September due mainly to lower volumes from Canada. Cold rolled imports dropped by the second largest volume, down 40% […]

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China crude steel production up 8%, net exports down 64% on August 2019

September 25, 2020

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 94.8 million metric tonnes in August, 8.4% higher than in August 2019. Chinese production in the first eight months of 2020 was 3.9% 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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First River Steel Data Room dataset of the week: U.S. Census Bureau Trade by Commodity

September 22, 2020

The U.S. Census Bureau trade data holds so much information that it is difficult to make sense of it. That’s why First River has organized the commodity codes into the major steel product categories and created this week’s Steel Data Room dataset of the week, “U.S. Trade by Commodity (HS), Custom Dataset, Monthly Update”. Here’s […]

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US long products imports drop 35% on August 2019

September 21, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 35% from 268,000 short tons in August 2019 to 174,000 tons in August this year. The decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Japan, India and South Korea, as well as lower parallel flange sections imports from South Korea. Based on January […]

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US flat products imports down 24% on August 2019

September 10, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 24% year-on-year from 638,000 short tons in August 2019 to 487,000 tons last month. Hot rolled imports declined by the largest volume, down 27%, mainly due to lower volumes from Canada. Cold rolled imports declined by the second largest volume, down 33% due to lower […]

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