Steel Products Prices North America

December 12, 2017
Demand for Sheet, Galvalume Improves through October
Written by Peter Wright
Demand for sheet products improved in the three months through October by 3.2 percent year over year, led by hot rolled and other metallic coated. Demand for Galvalume is surging at the expense of galvanized sheet, according to Steel Market Update’s latest analysis of American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and U.S. Department of Commerce data.
Apparent supply is a proxy for market demand. This report summarizes total steel supply by product from 2003 through October 2017 and year-on-year changes. It then compares domestic mill shipments with total supply to the market. It quantifies market direction by product and enables a side-by-side comparison of the degree to which imports have absorbed demand.


