Steel Products Prices North America
Final December Imports at 2.7 Million Tons
Written by John Packard
February 9, 2017
The U.S. Department of Commerce released the Final Census Data for foreign steel imports for the month of December 2016. We now have the 12-month moving average (12MMA) for calendar year 2016 as well as the 3-month moving average for the last 3 months (4Q) 2016. The January numbers are based on license data which can vary from the final numbers so we refer to it as “trending.”
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John Packard
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