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US flat products imports fall 6% in December

January 16, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 6% from 513,000 short tons in November to 481,000 tons in December. This can be compared to 405,000 tons in December 2009 and 474,000 tons in December 2008. Hot dip galvanized imports fell the most, dropping by 22,000 tons due to significant declines from Korea […]

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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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US flat products imports drop 21% in June

July 22, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 21% from 639,000 short tons in May to 506,000 tons in June. This can be compared to 252,000 tons of flat products imports in June 2009. The decline was driven by hot rolled imports which dropped by 107,000 tons due to lower imports from a […]

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US flat products imports increase 8% in May

June 9, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports climbed 8% in May compared to preliminary April census data. Imports increased from 556,000 short tons to 602,000 tons. This can be compared to 350,000 of flat products imports in May 2009. The increase was driven by hot roll imports which rose 17% to 354,00 tons […]

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US flat products imports are flat in October

November 16, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 1% from 434,000 short tons in September to 438,000 tons in October. This shows a slowing of flat imports growth after strong 10-25% growth per month since July. Driving the small rise were hot dip galvanized imports which rose 8% to 91,000 tons, with imports […]

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US long products imports rise 7% in September

October 16, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 7% from 125,000 short tons in August to 134,000 tons in September. September 2008 long products imports were 233,000 tons. Merchant bar, light shapes and beam imports all increased, with beam imports rising by 189% to 20,000 tons due to rises from Luxembourg, Spain and […]

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