A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first seven months of 2022 shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 4 percent, cold rolled sheet, down 1 percent and corrosion resistant sheet, down 2 percent.

Finished Import Market Share Estimated at 21 Percent in August.

Finished Import Market Share YTD at 22%.

AISI: US Raw Steel Production in the week ending on August 26, 2023.

In June, the largest suppliers were Canada (628,000 NT, no change vs. May), Brazil (419,000 NT, up 75%)...

AISI: US Raw Steel Production in the week ending on July 29, 2023.

Inner Mongolia is by far the biggest in terms of market share in the first four months of 2023, with 36.34%, while Ningxia was second on 12.24%.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending July 1, 2023 in thousands of net tons: North East: 137; Great Lakes: 563; Midwest: 215; Southern: 758 and Western: 67 for a total of 1740.