Steel Products Prices North America

June 24, 2014
May Preliminary Imports Surpass 4 Million Tons
Written by Brett Linton
The latest steel import census data has preliminary imports at 4,016,437 net tons in May, the highest tonnage levels seen since 2006. May represents a 7.4 percent increase over the previous month and an increase of 1,178,145 tons or 41.5 percent compared to May 2013. Foreign steel now represents 28 percent of the steel market.
Semi-finished steel (mostly slabs) was 25 percent of the total tons imported. This is important to note since semi-finished steels are brought in by the domestic steel industry to be rolled and shipped to domestic customers.


