Steel Products Prices North America
December 14, 2015
Detailed Import Report for Hot Rolled Sheet by Port and Country
Written by Peter Wright
This report is a detailed drill down into imports of hot band through October, beginning with the big picture and ending with exactly what came into a region of significance to your business and where it came from. SMU has developed a series of reports that cover hot rolled, cold rolled, HDG, other metallic coated (mainly Galvalume), coiled plate and semi-finished slabs. All volumes are in short tons. These reports can be found clicking on the analysis tab in the SMU website and then going to the Import/Export Data tab. At the bottom of that list will be our Imports by Port/Country (P). The “P” next to the heading means it is for Premium level customers. Reports for the other products listed above are in a computer generated format and a bit less comprehendible than what we present here but any subscriber wanting this fine level of detail can find it as described above.
Figure 1 shows the long term picture of total hot band imports since January 2011 and includes November licenses.
