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US flat products imports fall 7% in November

December 9, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 7% from 429,000 short tons in October (according to preliminary census figures) to 398,000 short tons in November. This can be compared to 641,000 tons of imports in November 2008. Hot rolled and cold rolled imports both grew at 1% between October and November. Cut […]

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US long products imports rise 51% in October

November 19, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 51% from 136,000 short tons in September to 205,000 tons in October. October 2008 long products imports were 211,000 tons. Imports of all products increased except light shapes, but as predicted in my earlier post, wire rod imports drove the sharp imports rise by growing […]

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US flat products imports are flat in October

November 16, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 1% from 434,000 short tons in September to 438,000 tons in October. This shows a slowing of flat imports growth after strong 10-25% growth per month since July. Driving the small rise were hot dip galvanized imports which rose 8% to 91,000 tons, with imports […]

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China results for September: crude production down 3% and exports up 19%

October 25, 2009

Chinese crude steel production fell 3% from 52.3 million metric tonnes in August to 50.7 million tonnes in September. This is 28% higher than September 2008 crude production. Finished steel exports continued to climb, rising by 19% to 2.47 million tonnes. In comparison, September 2008 finished steel exports were 6.7 million tonnes. Net finished steel […]

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US long products imports rise 7% in September

October 16, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 7% from 125,000 short tons in August to 134,000 tons in September. September 2008 long products imports were 233,000 tons. Merchant bar, light shapes and beam imports all increased, with beam imports rising by 189% to 20,000 tons due to rises from Luxembourg, Spain and […]

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US flat products imports rise 30% in September

October 15, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 30% from 353,000 short tons in August to 458,000 tons in September. This compares to flat products imports of 816,000 tons in September when we started collecting flat products license data. Flat rolled imports have been rising continuously since a June 2009 low of 252,000 […]

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