SMU Flat Rolled Import Analysis

Written by: Peter Wright

Rolled steel imports through February 2013. The Steel Import Licensing system is so predictive of the final numbers that it’s quite valid to incorporate licensed tonnage into a current report. This means that by mid month a detailed import report can run for the previous month. License data does not include district of entry so those details are delayed by an additional month. Imports of all steel products, (not including semis) were down by 242,000 in February 2013 compared to February 2012. The exceptions were tubulars and electro galvanized which both increased.