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US flat products imports increase 48% in January

February 13, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 48% from 738,000 short tons in December to 988,000 tons in January. January flat products imports in 2013 were 666,000 tons, in 2012 705,000 tons, in 2011 534,000 tons and in 2010 440,000 tons. The rise in January imports compared to December was mainly due […]

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US long products imports fall 34% in December

January 21, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports dropped 34% from 232,000 short tons in November to 153,000 tons in December. In addition, December 2013 long products imports were 5% lower than December imports in 2012. Annual 2013 long products imports were 1% higher than in 2012. The November-to-December drop was mainly due to […]

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US long products imports rise 11% in November

December 19, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 11% from 207,000 short tons in October to 229,000 tons in November. November long products imports in 2013 were 3% higher than 2012 levels and year-to-November 2013 imports were 1% higher than year-to-November 2012 imports. Imports of parallel flange sections, light shapes, structural angles & […]

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World crude steel production 132.5 million tonnes in September

October 31, 2013

Worldsteel published September’s global crude steel production on October 21st. World crude steel production was 132.5 million metric tonnes, 7% higher than in September 2012 and 1% higher than in August 2013. Chinese production rose by 13% between September 2012 and 2013 to reach 65.4 million tonnes though production fell by 1% from August 2013 […]

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World crude steel production 123.3 million tonnes in February

March 22, 2013

Worldsteel published February’s global crude steel production on March 20th. World crude steel production was 123.3 million metric tonnes in February, 1.8% higher than in February 2012. Compared to February 2012, Chinese production increased by 11% and Indian production by 3%. However, other Asian countries showed significantly lower production year-on-year with Japan down 3%, South […]

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World Crude Steel Production 125 million tonnes in January

March 1, 2013

Worldsteel published January’s global crude steel production on February 20th. World crude steel production was 124.8 million tonnes in January, 0.8% higher than in January 2012. Asian production showed a strong increase between January 2012 and January 2013; China’s production increased by 4.6%, India’s by 3.8% and Japan’s by 2.7%. In contrast, the European Union […]

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