April Import Market Share for Tubular and Long Products

This report examines the import share of tubular and long products shipments. Imports’ share of total tubular products rose to 46.6% in April, up from 46.2% in March. Both domestic shipments (-7.0%) and imports of tubular products (-5.8%) fell month on month, yet domestic shipments edged down at a stronger clip when compared to March.

The total long products import market share was 11.8% in April, down from 12.7% the month prior. The shift month on month was due to a concurrent increase of 2.4% in domestic shipments and a decrease of 6.2% in imports. The change was largely due to a decrease of 18.6% in rebar imports in April, a big 84.2% swing month on month following an increase of 65.6% in rebar imports the month prior.

David Schollaert

David Schollaert is deputy editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. David joined SMU after more than a decade in the metals and mining industry in a myriad of different roles. Much of his early experience and expertise were within the coverage and analysis of steel-making raw materials and served previously as senior editor of the CRU Prices Service. Most recently, however, before his return to market analysis, David held roles as a metals buyer and an operations manager for raw material suppliers. He can be contacted at david@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-720-1008.