Analysis of Sheet, Plate Imports by District of Entry, Source through September 2017

This Steel Market Update analysis breaks down the imported tonnage of six flat rolled steel products by district of entry and source country through September 2017. We believe that misinformation (or a lack of) about regional import volumes is often used to influence purchase decisions. Our intent with this analysis of tonnage by district of entry is to describe in detail what is going on in a company’s immediate neighborhood and thus provide a negotiating advantage for our premium subscribers.

Premium members will find reports in the Imports/Exports section of our website that break down the import tonnage through September into the port of entry and country of origin in metric tons. Products analyzed in this way are hot rolled, cold rolled, hot-dipped galvanized sheet, other metallic coated sheet, cut to length plate and coiled plate. This dataset is large; therefore, we make no attempt to provide a commentary. Each reader’s interest will be different and he or she simply needs to select one of the six products, then find the nearest port or ports of entry to see how much came into the region each month and from where. It is clear from these detailed reports that the change in tonnage entering a particular district in many cases is completely different than the change in volume at the national level.