Steel Products Prices North America
June 12, 2018
SIMA: Rolled Steel Imports Decline in May
Written by Peter Wright
Total rolled steel product imports declined in May, but increased by 24.1 percent from March through May, compared with the prior three-month period.
Total rolled steel product imports in May declined by 18.8 percent following April’s 17.0 percent increase. Sheet products were down by 22.6 percent, longs were down by 8.9 percent and tubular goods were down by 26.1 percent. Semi-finished blooms billets and slabs were down by 41.8 percent, according to Steel Market Update’s analysis of federal Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data.
