SMU Data and Models
August 23, 2016
Service Center Apparent Inventory Deficit Short Lived
Written by John Packard
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Steel Market Update (SMU) has a proprietary product whereby we analyze the Metal Service Center Institute (MSCI) carbon flat rolled shipments and inventories at the end of each month. Based on our model, we come up with a number indicating whether service center inventories are out of balance and by how much. As of the end of June distributors inventories were in a deficit by 210,000 net tons.
