Steel Products Prices North America
March 2, 2017
January Imports 2.8 Million Tons, February 2.6 Million Tons
Written by John Packard
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Commerce released Preliminary Census Data for January showing steel imports were just shy 2.8 million net tons for the month (2,769,215 tons). The February license data, which was also updated through the last day of February was down slightly from the January levels at 2,614,907 net tons.
Of interest in the numbers is how hot rolled imports have dropped, coming in at 156,272 tons in January and 102,795 tons in February. When you consider there are a couple of domestic steel mills that import hot rolled as feed stock for their mills, the February number is quite extraordinary.
