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AISI: US steel shipments slip in September
Written by Ethan Bernard
November 5, 2024
Domestic steel shipments decreased both year over year and month over month in September.
US steel mills shipped 7,083,141 short tons (st) in September, according to the the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). That represents a 2.9% drop from the 7,292,562 st shipped in August. It’s also off 1.2% from the 7,169,942 st shipped in September 2023.
Year-to-date shipments through September stood at 65,296,115 st. That’s down 3.6% from 67,734,001 st in the same 2023 comparison.
Comparing YTD shipments for the first nine months of 2024 with those a year earlier shows: cold-rolled sheet, up 4%; corrosion-resistant steel, off 1%; and hot-rolled steel, down 5%.
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