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US flat products imports up 14% in July

August 12, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 14% from 708,000 short tons in June to 810,000 tons in July. In comparison, July flat products imports in 2011 were 830,000 tons, in 2010 600,000 tons, and in 2009 291,000 tons. An increase in hot roll and hot dip galvanized imports drove the overall […]

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US flat products imports drop 19% in May

June 10, 2012

Based on reported import licenses and after a 34% rise in April, US flat products imports fell 19% from 914,000 short tons in April to 744,000 tons in May. In comparison, May flat products imports in 2011 were 715,000 tons, in 2010 639,000 tons, and in 2009 350,000 tons. A 173,000-ton drop in hot roll […]

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US flat products imports rise 34% in April

May 14, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 34% from 660,000 short tons in March to 887,000 tons in April. This is the highest level of flat products imports since we started collecting data in September 2008. The climb was driven by a 75% or 207,000-ton rise in hot rolled imports, with significant […]

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US flat products imports decline 8% in March

April 15, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 8% from 720,000 short tons in February to 663,000 tons in March. In comparison, March flat products imports in 2011 were 621,000 tons and in 2010 they were 640,000 tons. Hot rolled imports fell by 64,000 tons, mainly due to lower imports from Korea and […]

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World crude steel production down 2.5% in February

March 22, 2012

worldsteel published February 2012’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. For the 59 countries reporting to worldsteel, production dropped by 2.5% between January and February to 119 million metric tonnes. In comparison, February 2011 world crude steel production for these countries was 117 million tonnes. Crude steel production in China dropped by 850,000 tonnes in […]

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World crude steel production up 2% January 2012

February 29, 2012

worldsteel published January 2012’s world crude steel production last Tuesday. World production increased by 1.8% between December and January to 118 million metric tonnes. A number of countries increased production by between 200,000 and 350,000 tonnes in January including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the US and Japan. Counteracting this were production declines in the Africa/Middle […]

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