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For Immediate Release: February 26, 2008
January Monthly Steel Fact Sheet
The preliminary data released today show that overall steel imports in January 2008 increased 33 percent from December 2007. The change in January’s total amount of steel imports was due to an increase in all goods, especially rebar; which increased 131.5%, from December to January. There was an increase across all carbon and alloy and stainless products. January 2008 imports of steel mill products were down 10 percent compared to January 2007.
Preliminary Census Steel Import Statistic Comparisons |
Product |
Jan-07 |
Dec-07 |
Jan-08 |
% Change |
% Change |
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Dec 07- Jan 08 |
Jan 07 - Jan 08 |
All Steel Mill Products |
2,675,336 |
1,817,588 |
2,411,360 |
32.67% |
-9.87% |
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All Carbon and Alloy Products |
2,582,750 |
1,744,173 |
2,329,898 |
33.58% |
-9.79% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A |
482,649 |
348,474 |
407,602 |
16.97% |
-15.55% |
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A |
228,721 |
175,386 |
219,120 |
24.94% |
-4.20% |
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A |
170,116 |
85,992 |
135,159 |
57.18% |
-20.55% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A |
166,212 |
75,028 |
99,085 |
32.06% |
-40.39% |
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A |
152,345 |
49,804 |
115,313 |
131.53% |
-24.31% |
Wire Rods -- C & A |
186,127 |
63,973 |
87,139 |
36.21% |
-53.18% |
Line Pipe -- C & A |
135,934 |
196,646 |
277,315 |
41.02% |
104.01% |
Oil Country Goods -- C & A |
167,566 |
90,800 |
193,612 |
113.23% |
15.54% |
Plates in Coils -- C & A |
94,996 |
67,680 |
71,144 |
5.12% |
-25.11% |
Standard Pipe -- C & A |
108,152 |
66,899 |
73,853 |
10.39% |
-31.71% |
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All Stainless Products |
92,586 |
73,415 |
81,462 |
10.96% |
-12.01% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S |
30,979 |
24,426 |
31,398 |
28.54% |
1.35% |
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S |
16,778 |
9,495 |
10,858 |
14.35% |
-35.28% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S |
8,487 |
7,923 |
8,757 |
10.53% |
3.18% |
**January figures are PRELIMINARY; final January figures to be released 3/11/08.
*All numbers represent quantity in metric tons |
* Please see the SIMA website for further data and graphs: http://ia.ita.doc.gov/steel/license/index.html
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