SMU Data and Models
January 15, 2018
Flat Rolled Inventories Break Through 3 Months of Supply
Written by John Packard
Over the past six months, Steel Market Update has been canvassing flat rolled steel service centers as we try to better understand the number of months of supply being held as of the end of each month. Steel distributors now hold three months (3.03 month’s supply) based on the responses we have received from our service center data sources.
We have seen the number of months of supply rise from 2.7 months at the end of July and August to the current 3.0 months as of the end of December.
