SMU Data and Models
March 13, 2020
Drill Down of Cold Rolled Imports into Product Detail for 2019
Written by Peter Wright
Using U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) data, Steel Market Update has broken down the import tonnage of cold rolled sheet into coil and leveled, four thickness ranges, and how much was full hard, annealed and high strength.
This update examines the total cold rolled sheet and strip imports into the U.S. for 2019 as a whole and by month. Only 2.4 percent was strip. By gauge range the sheet broke down to: 27.3 percent < 0.5mm, 30.7 percent ≥ 0.5 to 1.0 mm, 41.2 percent > 1 to 3mm, and 0.8 percent > 3 mm.
