Steel Products Prices North America
October 10, 2019
August Steel Exports Rise to 13-Month High
Written by Brett Linton
The U.S. exported 650,838 tons of flat rolled steel in August, according to final Census data, a 5 percent rise from July, and up 1 percent from the same month one year ago. This is the highest monthly export figure since July 2018 when 655,937 tons of steel were exported outside of the country.
August exports were above the 2019 average of 615,996 tons, but remain significantly muted compared to recent years. It was just before this time last year when exports dropped from their 850,000+ ton levels down to sub-700,000 levels, as shown in the purple line graph below.
