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US flat products imports up 37% on March, 2021 to 982kt

April 6, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 37% from 714,000 short tons in March, 2021 to 982,000 tons in March, 2022. The increase was mainly due to higher hot rolled volumes from South Korea, Mexico and Japan. Hot dip galvanized imports also rose significantly from Vietnam, Brazil and Turkey. Based on January […]

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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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US flat products imports rise 6% on February, 2021 to 680kt

March 9, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 6% from 640,000 short tons in February, 2021 to 680,000 tons in February, 2022. The rise was mainly due to an increase in hot dip galvanized imports from Vietnam, Turkey, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, though it was partially offset by a decline […]

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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 flat products imports rise 105% on January, 2021 to 987k short tons

February 9, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 105% from 481,000 short tons in January, 2021 to 987,000 tons in January, 2022. Hot rolled imports rose by the largest volume, up 101% due mainly to higher volumes from Mexico, Canada, Japan and Turkey. Hot dip galvanized imports rose by the second highest volume, […]

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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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