Steel Products Prices North America
June 11, 2021
April Import Market Share for Sheet and Plate Products
Written by David Schollaert
This report examines the import share of sheet and plate products. Imports’ share of total sheet product shipments was 12.5% in April, down from 12.7% in March. By comparison, the import share of total plate product shipments jumped to 19.9% in April, up from 15.7% the month prior.
Import share for sheet products has dipped consecutively over the past two months after jumping nearly 5.0% in February. Following simultaneous increases in domestic shipments and imports in March, both edged down in April; however, imports dipped at a greater rate than domestic shipments, -4.9% and -3.1% respectively.
