SMU Data and Models
December 8, 2016
Steel Mill Lead Times Extend YOY
Written by John Packard
Over the past four days Steel Market Update has been conducting one of our market trends surveys. The respondents to our queries have provided data indicating slightly longer lead times on hot rolled, cold rolled and Galvalume while galvanized lead times remained steady at mid-November levels.
The lead times reported in this article are the average of the responses collected from all of our steel survey respondents for each flat rolled product. The averages do not reflect the lead time at any one supplier. As an average you can expect to find steel mill lead times at domestic steel producers that may be longer or shorter than what we are reporting below.
