Steel Products Prices North America
March 8, 2020
Import Market Share for Sheet, Plate, Longs, Tubulars Through August
Written by Peter Wright
This report examines the import share of sheet, plate, long and tubular products and 16 subcategories.
Since January 2020, imports’ share of the total sheet products has been 14.5 percent, down from 21.4 percent in 2015. The import share of HRC has been below 10 percent since January 2019. The most striking finding in this analysis is the result for imports’ share of other metallic coated sheet, which has declined by more than half in the past two years, not just because imports were down but also because domestic shipments have increased steadily since 2014.
