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US long steel products imports down 52% in February, back up 73% in March

April 18, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports fell 52% from 367,000 short tons in January to 175,000 tons in February. Compared to February import licenses, March licenses rose 73% to 302,000 tons. The 73% rise was mainly due to higher rebar import licenses for countries including Portugal and Spain, as well higher […]

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US flat steel products imports down 30% in February, up 15% in March

April 10, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 30% from 839,000 short tons in January to 585,000 tons in February. Compared to February import licenses, March licenses rose 15% to 671,000 tons, mainly due to higher hot rolled import licenses from South Korea and higher cold roll import licenses from a number […]

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China crude steel production rises 9.2% in February to 71.0M tonnes

March 28, 2019

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 71.0 million metric tonnes in February, 9.2% higher than in February 2018. Chinese output over the first two months of 2019 was also 9.2% higher than in the same period last year. Chinese net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in February were approximately 3.4 million tonnes, […]

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US long steel products imports rise 60% in January and fall back 47% in February

March 22, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports rose 60% from 206,000 short tons in December to 329,000 tons in January. Compared to January import licenses, February licenses fell 47% to 175,000 tons. The drop between January and February was mainly due to lower rebar import licenses from Italy, Bulgaria and Vietnam. Wire […]

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US flat steel products imports rise 10% in January and fall back 19% in February

March 8, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports rose 10% from 656,000 short tons in December to 725,000 tons in January. Compared to January import licenses, February licenses fell 19% to 585,000 tons, mainly due to lower hot rolled licenses from Canada and Mexico, as well as lower hot dip galvanized licenses from […]

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China crude steel production rises 4.3% in January to 75.0M tonnes

February 27, 2019

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 75.0 million metric tonnes in January, 4.3% higher than in January 2018. In addition, steel industry sources report Chinese net finished steel exports in January at approximately 5.1 million tonnes, 47% higher than in January 2018. China monthly crude steel production 2006 to 2019 thousand metric tonnes […]

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