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July 9, 2018
SIMA: Rolled Steel Imports Continue Decline in June
Written by Peter Wright
Flat rolled steel imports into the United States continue to decline. The three-month moving average (3MMA) for rolled product imports into the U.S. year over year was down by 11.3 percent as of June, according to Steel Market Update’s latest analysis of Commerce Department license data.
This is an early look at June’s import volume based on the license data (see explanation below). The analysis evaluates the pressure that imports are having on individual products at the national level, but gives no indication of regional differences. SMU also has developed a new series of regional reports for the six main flat rolled sectors. They show that the differences between the changes in import levels at the regional level are in some cases huge compared to the changes at the national level.
