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US flat products imports drop 5% in May

June 11, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 5% from 690,000 short tons in April to 656,000 tons in May. In comparison, May 2010 flat products imports were 639,000 tons and May 2009 imports were 350,000 tons. The drop was driven by lower hot dip galvanized and cold rolled imports. Hot dip imports […]

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US flat products imports up 24% in April

May 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 24% from 621,000 short tons in March to 768,000 tons in April. In comparison, April 2010 flats imports were 558,000 tons and April 2009 were 433,000 tons. Hot rolled imports were up by 116,000 tons or 39% due to rising imports from countries including Korea, […]

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Q1 global crude steel production up 9% on 2010

April 27, 2011

worldsteel published March 2011’s crude steel production data last Wednesday. First quarter crude production increased 9% between 2010 and 2011 and the production fall in February 2011 was reversed to rise 9.5% reaching crude production of 129 million tonnes in March. While China’s production climbed back to close to January levels in March, a number […]

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US flat products imports fall 4% in January

February 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 4% from 547,000 short tons in December to 527,000 tons in January. This can be compared to imports of 405,000 tons in December 2009 and 474,000 tons in December 2008. Imports of all product categories fell except for hot dip galvanized which increased by 16,000 […]

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US flat products imports rise 11% in November

December 13, 2010

Based on reported import licenses and after dropping about the same amount in October, US flat products imports increased 11% from 509,000 short tons to 564,000 tons in November. This can be compared to 423,000 tons in November 2009 and 641,000 tons in November 2008. Hot rolled imports rose the most, by 65,000 tons, driven […]

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US flat products imports fall 10% in October

November 11, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 10% from 563,000 short tons in September to 505,000 tons in October. This can be compared to 482,000 tons of flat products imports in October 2009 and 778,000 tons in October 2008. Hot rolled imports fell by 71,000 tons mainly due to lower imports from […]

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