Steel Mills
June 17, 2014
Service Center Intake, Shipments and Inventory in May 2014
Written by Peter Wright
Total service center carbon steel shipments in May declined by 56,600 tons to 3.584 million tons, April was the highest monthly shipping month since March two years ago. Shipping days in May were unchanged from April at 21. Tons per day (t/d) shipments declined from 173,300 in April to 170,600 in May, both on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. Table 1 shows the performance by product in May compared to the same month in previous years. Shipments of all products on a t/d basis were up by 8.0 percent from May last year as long products, particularly structurals continued to lag flat rolled and tubulars. Sheet products were up by 9.0 percent and plate by 7.9 percent.
