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    January 31, 2016

    Foreign Steel Imports from Countries Associated with Trade Cases

    Written by John Packard

    We spent some time combing through the latest foreign steel import trade data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce by product to see what impact, if any, the trade suits have been having on tonnages coming into the U.S.

    In the tables we have provided, we are showing the months of November (Final Census), December (Preliminary Census) and January (License Data) as well as the 12 month moving average (12MMA) and 3 month moving average (3MMA). The moving averages are based on months with final census data in place.

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