Drill Down of Cold Rolled Imports into Product Detail

Through October 2018, of the total cold rolled sheet and strip imports into the U.S., only 2.8 percent was strip, while 44.3 percent of the CR sheet imports were >1 to 3mm thick and 49.8 percent was full hard.

Premium subscribers to Steel Market Update receive reports on imports broken down into district of entry and source nation (see apology below). This drill down report takes the regional analysis to the level of product detail. Our intent is to report this drill down for HR and CR sheet in alternate months in the rationale that the finer the detail steel buyers have about what is coming into their region, the better job they can do of negotiating with suppliers and the more they know about their competitors’ activities.