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June world crude steel production 135.7M tonnes

July 20, 2016

Worldsteel published June’s world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 135.7 million metric tonnes, essentially the same as in June 2015. World crude steel production for the first six months of 2016 was 1.6% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 51% of world production in June with […]

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US flat products imports up 13% in June

July 8, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 13% from 877,000 short tons in May to 988,000 tons in June. Flat products imports in June 2015 were 1,076,000 tons and in June 2014 they were 1,160,000 tons. Imports of flat products for the first seven months of 2016 were 27% lower than in […]

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May world crude steel production 139.2M tonnes

June 22, 2016

Worldsteel published May’s world crude steel production on June 21st. World crude steel output was 139.2 million metric tonnes, 0.1% lower than in May 2015. World crude production for the first five months of 2016 was 2.1% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 51% of world production in May with […]

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US long products imports up 24% in May

June 20, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 24% from 368,000 short tons in April to 457,000 tons in May. Long products imports in May 2015 were 362,000 tons and in May 2014 they were 422,000 tons. Longs imports for the first five months of 2016 were 6% lower than in the same […]

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US hot rolled imports down 54% since January 2015 peak

April 11, 2016

The US Department of Commerce published the preliminary anti-dumping decision on hot rolled steel imports on March 15th. Now that the February import data has been published, we can look at the impact of the trade case on import volumes, as we did in an earlier post for cold rolled imports. Since the last peak […]

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US flat products imports rise 2% in March

April 6, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 2% from 860,000 short tons in February to 878,000 tons in March. Flat products imports in March 2015 were 1,271,000 tons and in March 2014 they were 1,001,000 tons. Imports of flat products for the first three months of 2016 were 32% lower than in […]

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