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US long steel products imports drop 16% in April

May 21, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports fell 16% from 552,000 short tons in March to 462,000 tons in April. Long products imports for the first four months of 2017 were 8% higher than in the same period last year led by a 16% increase in rebar imports and an 8% increase […]

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US flat steel products imports rise 13% in April

May 11, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports rose 13% from 816,000 short tons in March to 924,000 tons in April. Flat products imports for the first four months of 2017 were 4% lower than in the same period last year, with increases in hot dip galvanized (+26%) and cold rolled (+42%) imports, […]

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China crude steel production 72.0M tonnes in March

April 27, 2017

Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 72.0 million metric tonnes in March, 1.8% higher than in March 2016. Chinese crude steel output for the first quarter of 2017 was 4.4% higher than in the same period last year. China’s net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in March were 6.3M tonnes, 28.1% lower than […]

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March world crude steel production 145.0M tonnes

April 26, 2017

Worldsteel published March’s world crude steel production on April 24th. World crude steel output was 145.0 million metric tonnes, 4.6% higher than in March 2016. World production in the first quarter of 2017 was 5.6% higher than in the same period last year. China accounted for half of world output in March with production of […]

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US steel long products imports rise 39% in March

April 19, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 39% from 392,000 short tons in February to 546,000 tons in March. Long products imports for the first three months of 2017 were 3% higher than in the same period last year with rebar increasing the most (10%) and parallel flange sections showing the largest […]

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US flat steel products imports rise 7% in March

April 6, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 7% from 719,000 short tons in February to 772,000 tons in March. Flat products imports for the first three months of 2017 were 10% lower than in the same period last year with cut plate and hot roll imports falling significantly (by 53% and 38% […]

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