Steel Products Prices North America

January 21, 2014
Revised Import License Data Still Forecasting January at 3.2 Million Tons
Written by John Packard
Every Tuesday the U.S. Department of Commerce releases their latest steel import licensing data for the current month. Based on data collected through the 21st of January (today) total steel imports (all products) are forecast to be 3.2 million net tons for the month of January. This is slightly lower than the 3.3 million tons we forecast last week based on the numbers provided at that time but, well above both the 3 month and 12 month moving averages.
Here is our original forecast from last week based on import license data through the first 14 days of January:


