SMU Data and Models
August 8, 2018
Service Center Inventories “Flash” Report
Written by John Packard
With 58 percent of the service center data providers reporting, Steel Market Update is seeing inventories trending lower. Our “flash” report has inventories at 2.5 months of supply–down from 2.7 months of supply reported at the end of July.
Of those reporting, 43 percent said their inventories are lower than the previous month. About 35 percent reported higher inventories and 22 percent reported inventories as being the same as reported at the end of July.
