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For Immediate Release: September 23, 2008
August Monthly Steel Fact Sheet
The preliminary data released today show that overall steel imports in August 2008 decreased 19.3 percent from July 2008. The change in August’s total amount of steel imports was due to a decrease in imports for all product categories. The most significant decreases were in blooms, billets and slabs (-42.23%), line pipe (-35.5%) and cold rolled sheet (-26.5%). Stainless imports also decreased by 14.89% overall due to a significant decrease in cold rolled sheet and blooms, billets and slabs. July 2008 imports of steel mill products were down 11.33 percent compared to July 2007.
Preliminary Census Steel Import Statistic Comparisons |
Product |
Aug-07 |
Jul-08 |
Aug-08 |
% Change |
% Change |
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July 08- August 08 |
August 07- August 08 |
All Steel Mill Products |
2,400,465 |
2,638,789 |
2,128,454 |
-19.34% |
-11.33% |
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All Carbon and Alloy Products |
2,304,423 |
2,542,842 |
2,046,793 |
-19.51% |
-11.18% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A |
520,300 |
590,893 |
341,368 |
-42.23% |
-34.39% |
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A |
174,769 |
218,168 |
179,023 |
-17.94% |
2.43% |
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A |
136,809 |
147,047 |
128,173 |
-12.84% |
-6.31% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A |
79,002 |
78,235 |
57,470 |
-26.54% |
-27.26% |
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A |
105,102 |
79,308 |
75,177 |
-5.21% |
-28.47% |
Wire Rods -- C & A |
107,255 |
85,280 |
67,050 |
-21.38% |
-37.49% |
Line Pipe -- C & A |
204,477 |
255,925 |
164,968 |
-35.54% |
-19.32% |
Oil Country Goods -- C & A |
124,467 |
284,014 |
282,657 |
-0.48% |
127.09% |
Plates in Coils -- C & A |
55,250 |
81,674 |
73,931 |
-9.48% |
33.81% |
Standard Pipe -- C & A |
137,343 |
87,937 |
85,867 |
-2.35% |
-37.48% |
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All Stainless Products |
96,041 |
95,947 |
81,661 |
-14.89% |
-14.97% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S |
23,450 |
32,181 |
25,893 |
-19.54% |
10.42% |
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S |
14,176 |
10,838 |
10,447 |
-3.61% |
-26.31% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S |
9,641 |
9,769 |
7,593 |
-22.27% |
-21.24% |
**August 2008 figures are PRELIMINARY; final August figures to be released 10/10/08 |
*All numbers represent quantity in metric tons. |
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* Please see the SIMA website for further data and graphs: http://ia.ita.doc.gov/steel/license/index.html
* Please see the SIMA website for further data and graphs: http://ia.ita.doc.gov/steel/license/index.html
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