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For Immediate Release: August 25, 2009
July Monthly Steel Fact Sheet
The preliminary data released show that overall steel imports in July 2009 increased 14.2 percent from June 2009. This change in the July total amount of steel imports resulted from increases in several categories including carbon and alloy blooms, billets and slabs (113.4%), plates in coils (65.7%), and reinforcing bars (55.3%). Notable decreases included stainless blooms, billets and slabs (-29.2%), wire rods (-21.9%), and carbon and alloy cold rolled sheets (-12.6%). July 2009 imports of steel mill products were down 66.2 percent compared to July 2008.
Preliminary Census Steel Import Statistic Comparisons |
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Jul-08 |
Jun-09 |
Jul-09 |
% Change |
% Change |
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Jun 09-
Jul 09 |
Jul 08-
Jul 09 |
All Steel Mill Products |
2,638,789 |
782,093 |
893,201 |
14.2% |
-66.2% |
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All Carbon and Alloy Products |
2,542,842 |
741,573 |
851,810 |
14.9% |
-66.5% |
Line Pipe -- C & A |
255,925 |
101,030 |
104,678 |
3.6% |
-59.1% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A |
590,893 |
40,325 |
86,038 |
113.4% |
-85.4% |
Sheets Hot Rolled-- C & A |
218,168 |
75,413 |
81,421 |
8.0% |
-62.7% |
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped –- C & A |
147,047 |
50,566 |
61,079 |
20.8% |
-58.5% |
Standard Pipe -- C & A |
87,937 |
35,183 |
47,684 |
35.5% |
-45.8% |
Plates in Coils -- C & A |
81,674 |
28,399 |
47,059 |
65.7% |
-42.4% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A |
78,235 |
45,204 |
39,493 |
-12.6% |
-49.5% |
Oil Country Goods -- C & A |
284,014 |
33,983 |
35,118 |
3.3% |
-87.6% |
Wire Rods -- C & A |
85,280 |
42,371 |
33,075 |
-21.9% |
-61.2% |
Bars- Reinforcing -- C & A |
79,308 |
18,968 |
29,455 |
55.3% |
-62.9% |
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All Stainless Products |
95,947 |
40,520 |
41,390 |
2.1% |
-56.9% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S |
32,181 |
13,520 |
13,617 |
0.7% |
-57.7% |
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S |
10,838 |
6,243 |
5,971 |
-4.4% |
-44.9% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S |
9,769 |
5,527 |
3,912 |
-29.2% |
-60.0% |
** July 2009 figures are PRELIMINARY; final July 2009 figures to be released 09/10/09
* 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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