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For Immediate Release: July 29, 2008
June Monthly Steel Fact Sheet
The preliminary data released today show that overall steel imports in June 2008 increased 6.95 percent from May 2008. The change in June’s total amount of steel imports was due to a relatively large increase in some goods, such as blooms, billets and slabs (34%), wire rods (58%), and standard pipe (47%). There was a significant decrease in galvanized hot dipped sheets and strip (-38%). Stainless imports decreased slightly (-4.78%), due to decreases in each individual stainless product. June 2008 imports of steel mill products were down 12.28 percent compared to June 2007.
Preliminary Census Steel Import Statistic Comparisons |
Product |
Jun-08 |
May-08 |
Jun-08 |
% Change |
% Change |
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May 08- June 08 |
June 07- June 08 |
All Steel Mill Products |
2,766,185 |
2,268,814 |
2,426,463 |
6.95% |
-12.28% |
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All Carbon and Alloy Products |
2,650,886 |
2,177,715 |
2,339,722 |
7.44% |
-11.74% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A |
562,942 |
402,592 |
539,563 |
34.02% |
-4.15% |
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A |
200,457 |
238,641 |
223,417 |
-6.38% |
11.45% |
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A |
157,075 |
197,727 |
123,255 |
-37.66% |
-21.53% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A |
99,610 |
92,299 |
78,612 |
-14.83% |
-21.08% |
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A |
199,914 |
51,307 |
60,723 |
18.35% |
-69.63% |
Wire Rods -- C & A |
150,679 |
66,256 |
104,962 |
58.42% |
-30.34% |
Line Pipe -- C & A |
213,285 |
244,650 |
230,460 |
-5.80% |
8.05% |
Oil Country Goods -- C & A |
146,557 |
207,309 |
236,157 |
13.92% |
61.14% |
Plates in Coils -- C & A |
73,159 |
69,316 |
70,913 |
2.30% |
-3.07% |
Standard Pipe -- C & A |
142,641 |
70,846 |
104,017 |
46.82% |
-27.08% |
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All Stainless Products |
115,298 |
91,098 |
86,740 |
-4.78% |
-24.77% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S |
34,853 |
32,194 |
29,864 |
-7.24% |
-14.31% |
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S |
13,066 |
10,943 |
10,845 |
-0.90% |
-17.00% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S |
10,930 |
8,327 |
8,813 |
5.84% |
-19.37% |
**June 2008 figures are PRELIMINARY; final June figures to be released 8/12/08 |
* Please see the SIMA website for further data and graphs: http://ia.ita.doc.gov/steel/license/index.html
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