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US long products imports down 3% on February 2020

March 22, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 3% from 241,000 short tons in February 2020 to 234,000 tons last month. Licenses indicate that the decline was mainly due to lower parallel flange sections imports which dropped significantly from Luxembourg. US long products imports over the first two months of 2021 were also […]

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US flat products imports rise 17% on February 2020

March 10, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 17% from 555,000 short tons in February 2020 to 647,000 tons last month. The highest volume increase came from hot roll where import volumes were up from Japan, South Korea, and Turkey. Cold rolled imports also rose significantly due to higher volumes from Australia, the […]

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World crude steel production up 4.8% on January 2020 to 162.9Mt

February 26, 2021

Worldsteel published January 2021 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 162.9 million metric tonnes, 4.8% higher than in January 2020. China produced 90.2 million tonnes in January, accounting for 55% of world output and rising 6.8% on January 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian output rose 7.6% on last January and […]

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US flat products imports decline 22% on January 2020

February 11, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 22% from 669,000 short tons in January 2020 to 523,000 tonnes last month. Hot dip galvanized imports fell by the highest volume, dropping 31% due to lower imports from Brazil, Austria, South Korea and Canada. Cold rolled imports also fell significantly, declining 44% due mainly […]

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World crude steel production up 5.8% on December 2019, down 0.9% on full-year 2019

January 26, 2021

Worldsteel published December 2020 and full-year 2020 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 160.9 million metric tonnes in December, 5.8% higher than in December 2019. Full-year 2020 steel production was 1,829.1 million tonnes, 0.9% lower than in full-year 2019. China produced 1,053.0 million tonnes of crude steel in 2020, accounting for 58% […]

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US long products imports up 9% on December 2019, down 14% on full-year 2019

January 18, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 9% from 154,000 short tons in December 2019 to 168,000 tons in December this year. Licenses indicate that the rise was mainly due to higher wire rod imports from Brazil, Germany, and Canada. Full-year 2020 long products imports using December licenses were 14% lower than […]

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