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April world crude steel production 137.1Mt, down 13% on April 2019

May 22, 2020

Worldsteel published April world crude steel production today. World steel output was 137.1 million metric tonnes, 13.0% lower than in April 2019. Crude steel production in the first four months of 2020 was 4.2% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for a record 62% of world output in April with production […]

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March world crude steel production 147.1Mt, down 6% on March 2019

April 23, 2020

Worldsteel published March world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 147.1 million metric tonnes, 6.0% lower than in March 2019. Crude steel production in the first three months of 2020 was 1.3% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 54% of world output in March with production of 79.0 […]

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US long products imports drop 19% on March 2019

April 17, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 19% from 268,000 short tons in March 2019 to 216,000 tons in March this year. The decline was mainly due to lower parallel flange sections imports from Luxembourg and South Korea, though wire rod and rebar imports also fell significantly. Based on January and February […]

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US flat products imports fall 12% on February 2019

March 9, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 12% from 622,000 short tons in February 2019 to 545,000 tons in February this year. The decline was mainly due to lower cold rolled imports from Australia, Mexico and Vietnam, as well as lower cut plate imports from Ukraine, South Korea and Bulgaria. Based on […]

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January world crude steel production 154Mt, 2.1% higher than January 2019

February 27, 2020

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. World steel output was 154.4 million metric tonnes, 2.1% higher than in January 2019. China accounted for 55% of world output in January with production of 84.3 million tonnes, 7.2% higher than in January 2019. Asian output outside of China fell 4.2% following declines in South […]

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US flat products imports down 29% on January 2019

February 6, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 29% from 839,000 short tons in January 2019 to 598,000 tons in January 2020. The decline was mainly due to lower hot rolled imports from South Korea, Mexico, and Germany. Imports of all flat products categories fell year-on-year. Comparing December 2019 to January 2020, flat […]

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