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China results for June: crude production up 6% and consumption 17% higher than 2008

August 11, 2009

Chinese crude steel production climbed 6% from 46.46 million metric tonnes in May to 49.43 million tonnes in June. This is 5% higher than June 2008 production. Net finished steel exports remained marginally negative. After declining every month since December 2008, finished steel exports rose 6% to 1.43 million tonnes. Apparent domestic consumption continued to […]

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US flat products imports drop another 23% in June

July 20, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 23% from 350,000 short tons in May to 270,000 tons in June. This compares to flat products imports of 816,000 tons in September 2008 when we started collecting flat products license data. Hot dip galvanized imports showed the largest decline at 28% falling to 63,000 […]

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US long products imports rise 9% in June

July 17, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 9% from 98,000 short tons in May to 108,000 tons in June. To put this in perspective, long products imports in June 2008 were 269,000 tons and in June 2007, 496,000 tons. There were some significant changes within the product categories. Rebar imports dropped 59% […]

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US flat products imports drop another 19% in May

June 19, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, flat products imports into the US declined 19% from 433,000 short tons in April to 351,000 tons in May. This compares to 816,000 tons of flat products imports in September 2008 when we started collecting the license data. Cut plate, hot roll, cold roll, and hot dip galvanized imports all […]

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China results for May: crude production up 7% and apparent consumption highest ever

June 16, 2009

Chinese crude steel production climbed 7% from 43.4 million metric tonnes in April to 46.5 million tonnes in May. Net finished steel exports remained negative as finished exports declined from 1.41 million tonnes to 1.35 million tonnes and finished imports grew from 1.62 million tonnes to 1.65 million tonnes. As a result, apparent finished steel […]

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US long products imports fall 45% in April

May 20, 2009

As predicted in an earlier post, US long products imports in April dropped to a new historical low. Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports dropped 45% from 168,000 short tons in March to 92,000 tons in April. About 74,000 tons of this decline come from a 73% reduction in rebar licenses compared […]

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