Steel Mills
February 21, 2017
Service Center Intake, Shipments and Inventory through January 2016
Written by Peter Wright
January service center shipments were exceptional. There are times when we wish we weren’t so hung up on three month moving averages and this is one of them. Daily shipments increased by 29.9 percent from December. Since 2009 on average, January has increased 8.1 percent hence our enthusiasm for the latest data. Carbon steel shipments increased by 733,700 tons from December and were 273,000 tons up on January last year. The number of shipping days was unchanged at 21 and tons per day (t/d) shipments increased by 34,900 tons. Inventories at 6,831.200 tons were up by 77,000 tons.
Intake and Shipments
