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US long products imports drop 37% in April

Jessica Wagner — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:44:25 +0000

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 37% from 310,000 short tons in March to 196,000 tons in April. In comparison, April long products imports in 2012 were 329,000 tons, in 2011 241,000 tons, in 2010 273,000 tons, in 2009 97,000 tons, in 2008 440,000 tons, and in 2007 309,000 tons. After [...]

US flat products imports increase 4% in April

Jessica Wagner — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:18:19 +0000

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 4% from 652,000 short tons in March to 681,000 tons in April. April flat products imports in 2012 were 914,000 tons, in 2011 690,000 tons, in 2010 558,000 tons, and in 2009 433,000 tons. Driving the increase was a 63,000-ton rise in Cut Plate imports [...]

China crude production 66 million tonnes in March

Jessica Wagner — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:33:59 +0000

China crude steel production was 66.3 million metric tonnes in March, 8% higher than in March 2012. Year-to-date production was 191.7 million tonnes, 10% higher than year-to-March production in 2012. Comparing consecutive months, March production was 4.5 million tonnes higher than February production, but due to the shorter February month, average daily production in March [...]

World crude steel production 134.9 million tonnes in March

Jessica Wagner — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:26:15 +0000

Worldsteel published March’s global crude steel production on April 22nd. World crude steel production was 134.9 million metric tonnes, 1.7% higher than in March 2012 and the highest monthly output ever reported. (N.B. On a daily basis output was 4.35MT slightly off the February 2013 record of 4.4MT). Compared to March 2012, Chinese production increased [...]

Forecast steel use revised downward in April 2013 Short Range Outlook

Jessica Wagner — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:50:54 +0000

After a downward revision in October 2012, worldsteel made a further revision downward for world apparent steel use in 2013. The revision this time was from 3.2% growth in October’s Short Range Outlook to 2.9% growth in the latest April 2013 version published last week. World apparent steel use is, however, expected to grow the [...]

US long products imports rise 28% in March

Jessica Wagner — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:21:40 +0000

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 28% from 211,000 short tons in February to 270,000 tons in March. In comparison, March long products imports in 2012 were 278,000 tons, in 2011 239,000 tons, in 2010 232,000 tons, in 2009 168,000 tons, and in 2008 314,000 tons. Higher rebar imports drove the [...]

US flat products imports up 1% in March

Jessica Wagner — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:50:29 +0000

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 1% from 674,000 short tons in February to 683,000 tons in March. March flat products imports in 2012 were 660,000 tons, in 2011 621,000 tons, in 2010 640,000 tons, and in 2009 488,000 tons. A rise of about 15% in hot roll and hot dip [...]

China crude steel production 62 million tonnes in February

Jessica Wagner — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:27:37 +0000

China crude steel production was 61.8 million metric tonnes in February, 11% higher than in February 2012. Comparing consecutive months, February production was 1.8 million tonnes lower than January production, most likely due to the Chinese New Year holidays. Chinese net finished steel exports in February were 3.3 million tonnes, 54% higher than in February [...]

World crude steel production 123.3 million tonnes in February

Jessica Wagner — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:05:32 +0000

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 [...]

US long products imports fall 9% in February

Jessica Wagner — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:19:18 +0000

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 9% from 267,000 short tons in January to 241,000 tons in February. In comparison, February long products imports in 2012 were 313,000 tons, in 2011 196,000 tons, in 2010 206,000 tons, in 2009 115,000 tons, and in 2008 330,000 tons. Rebar imports showed the highest [...]