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US flat products imports fall 20% in February

March 10, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 20% from 997,000 short tons in January to 795,000 tons in February. Flat products imports in February 2015 were 1,254,000 tons and in February 2014 they were 982,000 tons. Lower hot rolled imports drove the decline with significantly lower volumes compared to February from Canada […]

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China crude steel production 63.2M tonnes in January

February 25, 2016

Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 63.2 million metric tonnes in January, 7.8% lower than in January 2015. China’s net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in January were 8.8 million tonnes, 3.6% lower than in January 2015 and 14.0% lower than the record net exports level reached in September 2015. China monthly crude […]

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US long products imports rise 7% in January

February 21, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 7% from 458,000 short tons in December to 492,000 tons in January. Long products imports in January 2015 were 403,000 tons and in January 2014 they were 447,000 tons. Higher rebar imports from Turkey and Japan drove the increase in total January longs imports, though […]

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US flat products imports fall 7% in January

February 10, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 7% from 882,000 short tons in December to 825,000 tons in January. Flat products imports in January 2015 were 1,499,000 tons and in January 2014 they were 921,000 tons. Lower cold rolled and cut plate imports drove the overall decline with cold rolled imports falling […]

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China crude steel production 64.4Mt in December and 803.8Mt in 2015

January 27, 2016

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 64.4 million metric tonnes in December, 5.2% lower than in December 2014. Taking into account Worldsteel year-end revisions, full-year output in 2015 was 2.3% lower in 2015 than it was in 2014. In addition, Chinese net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in December were 9.5 million […]

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US long products imports rise 27% in December

January 20, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports increased 27% from 335,000 short tons in November to 424,000 tons in December. Long products imports in December 2014 were 353,000 tons and in December 2013 they were 280,000 tons. The increase in longs imports between November and December 2015 was driven mainly by higher wire […]

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