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US long products imports rise 63% on March, 2021 to 510kt

April 20, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports rose 63% from 313,000 short tons in March, 2021 to 510,000 tons last month. Wire rod imports drove the increase, with import volumes more than doubling year-on-year due to higher volumes mainly from Malaysia, but also from India, Mexico, Vietnam, and Egypt. Long products imports […]

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US long products imports rise 47% on February, 2021 to 335kt

March 22, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports increased 47% from 227,000 short tons in February, 2021 to 335,000 tons last month. Both rebar and wire rod drove the increase. Rebar imports rose mainly due to higher volumes form Algeria while wire rod imports increased following higher volumes from India, Algeria, Germany and […]

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World crude steel production falls 5.7% on February, 2021 to 143Mt

March 22, 2022

Worldsteel published February, 2022 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 142.7 million metric tonnes, 5.7% lower than in February, 2021. China produced 75.0 million tonnes in February, accounting for 53% of world output and falling 10.0% on February, 2021. In other parts of Asia, Indian crude steel production rose 7.6%, but Japanese […]

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World crude steel production down 6.1% on January, 2021 at 155Mt

February 22, 2022

Worldsteel published January, 2022 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 155.0 million metric tonnes in January, 6.1% lower than in January, 2021. China produced 81.7 million tonnes in January, accounting for 53% of world output and falling 11.2% on January, 2021. In other parts of Asia, Indian steel production rose 4.7% on […]

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US long products imports rise 42% on January, 2021 to 368kt

February 21, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports rose 42% from 258,000 short tons in January, 2021 to 368,000 tons in January, 2022. Wire rod imports rose by the highest percentage and volume, increasing by 114% due to higher volumes from a number of countries including Mexico, India and Algeria. Imports of all […]

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World crude steel production down 3.0% on December 2020, up 3.6% on full-year 2020

January 26, 2022

Worldsteel published December, 2021 and full-year 2021 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 158.7 million metric tonnes in December, 3.0% lower than in December, 2020. Full-year 2021 steel production was 1,911.9 million tonnes, 3.6% higher than in full-year 2020. China produced 1,032.8 million tonnes of crude steel in 2021, accounting for 54% […]

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