Steel Mills
November 19, 2013
Canadian Service Centers Daily Shipping Rate Drops
Written by John Packard
Canadian service centers saw their daily shipping rate (all products) fall from 23,800 tons per day in September to 22,100 tons per day in October. The distributors shipped a total of 486,800 tons of steel during October according to the MSCI. This represents a 1.2 percent improvement over October 2012.
The number of shipping days in Canada was 22 not 23. They had the same number of shipping days the prior year.
