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February 7, 2015
Final December & Calendar Year 2014 Foreign Steel Import Analysis
Written by Brett Linton
The U.S. Department of Commerce released final foreign steel import license data late last week, showing final December tonnage at 3.64 million net tons (3.30 metric tons). This is a 1.5 percent decrease over November imports but 45.1 percent higher than December 2013 levels.
Below is a table comparing November, December, and January steel imports in addition to the twelve and three month moving averages. Note that the moving averages are through final December data. The numbers have all been converted to net tons from the US DOC report which is based on metric tons. The January numbers are based on license data reported through last Tuesday, February 3, 2015.
