SMU Data and Models
March 6, 2014
Mill Lead Times Respectable Yet Mills Willing to Negotiate Steel Prices
Written by John Packard
Domestic mill lead times continue to be better than they were at this time last year. Hot rolled lead times averaged 3.94 weeks, according to our survey respondents. This is better than the 3.28 week average of one year ago.
Cold rolled lead times were reported to be at an average of 6.08 weeks (4.65 weeks last year), galvanized 5.88 weeks (5.27 weeks last year) and Galvalume 6.82 weeks (6.27 weeks last year).
