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US long products imports rise 28% in March

April 19, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 28% from 211,000 short tons in February to 270,000 tons in March. In comparison, March long products imports in 2012 were 278,000 tons, in 2011 239,000 tons, in 2010 232,000 tons, in 2009 168,000 tons, and in 2008 314,000 tons. Higher rebar imports drove the […]

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US flat products imports up 1% in March

April 16, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 1% from 674,000 short tons in February to 683,000 tons in March. March flat products imports in 2012 were 660,000 tons, in 2011 621,000 tons, in 2010 640,000 tons, and in 2009 488,000 tons. A rise of about 15% in hot roll and hot dip […]

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US long products imports fall 9% in February

March 19, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 9% from 267,000 short tons in January to 241,000 tons in February. In comparison, February long products imports in 2012 were 313,000 tons, in 2011 196,000 tons, in 2010 206,000 tons, in 2009 115,000 tons, and in 2008 330,000 tons. Rebar imports showed the highest […]

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US flat products imports up 1% in February

March 11, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 1% from 666,000 short tons in January to 673,000 tons in February. February flat products imports in 2012 were 720,000 tons, in 2011 440,000 tons, in 2010 444,000 tons, and in 2009 548,000 tons. Cut plate imports in February almost doubled due to higher imports […]

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US long products imports climb 86% in January

February 26, 2013

Based on reported import licenses and as predicted in my earlier post, US long products imports rose 86% from 162,000 short tons in December to 300,000 tons in January. In comparison, January long products imports in 2012 were 295,000 tons, in 2011 221,000 tons, in 2010 166,000 tons, in 2009 264,000 tons, and finally in […]

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US flat products imports fall 6% in January

February 12, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 6% from 721,000 short tons in December to 681,000 tons in January. January flat products imports were 705,000 tons in 2012, 534,000 tons in 2011, 440,000 in 2010, and 532,000 tons in 2009. Hot roll imports declined by 23%, which drove the overall fall and […]

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