SMU Overall Demand

Overall Demand

Twice per month we survey a combination of manufacturers, service centers, wholesalers, trading companies, steel mills, toll processors, and others in the steel industry as to how they are seeing current demand for their products.

Below is a graphic of overall product demand as recorded by our steel buyers surveys. We ask responding service centers if they are seeing demand for their products improving, remaining the same or declining.

Overall Demand History

wdt_ID	Date	Demand is improving	Demand is remaining the same	Demand is declining
1	October 1, 2012	5	60	35
2	October 15, 2012	8	67	25
3	November 1, 2012	15	64	21
4	November 15, 2012	11	68	21
5	December 1, 2012	12	58	30
6	December 15, 2012	14	68	18
7	January 4, 2013	24	63	13
8	January 18, 2013	23	61	16
9	February 8, 2013	26	61	13
10	February 21, 2013	23	69	8
11	March 7, 2013	15	71	14
12	March 21, 2013	14	68	18
13	April 4, 2013	18	68	14
14	April 18, 2013	14	70	16
15	May 3, 2013	18	64	18
16	May 23, 2013	19	69	12
17	June 6, 2013	31	58	11
18	June 21, 2013	32	58	10
19	July 8, 2013	29	63	8
20	July 18, 2013	24	68	8
21	August 9, 2013	36	58	6
22	August 23, 2013	27	68	5
23	September 5, 2013	19	73	8
24	September 20, 2013	22	68	10
25	October 3, 2013	23	58	19
26	October 17, 2013	20	64	16
27	November 8, 2013	21	64	15
28	November 22, 2013	22	60	18
29	December 6, 2013	27	56	17
30	December 20, 2013	29	52	19
31	January 3, 2014	29	61	10
32	January 24, 2014	25	66	9
33	February 14, 2014	32	61	7
34	February 21, 2014	23	63	14
35	March 6, 2014	24	68	8
36	March 20, 2014	30	65	5
37	April 3, 2014	40	57	3
38	April 17, 2014	47	50	3
39	May 8, 2014	52	41	7
40	May 22, 2014	50	47	3
41	June 6, 2014	40	52	8
42	June 20, 2014	33	62	5
43	July 10, 2014	40	56	4
44	July 24, 2014	41	58	1
45	August 8, 2014	41	57	2
46	August 21, 2014	36	62	2
47	September 5, 2014	29	65	6
48	September 18, 2014	34	54	12
49	October 10, 2014	26	62	12
50	October 24, 2014	18	57	25
51	November 7, 2014	29	54	17
52	November 21, 2014	26	61	13
53	December 5, 2014	17	63	20
54	December 19, 2014	25	63	12
55	January 9, 2015	25	67	8
56	January 22, 2015	24	66	10
57	February 5, 2015	20	68	12
58	February 20, 2015	24	64	12
59	March 5, 2015	23	59	18
60	March 19, 2015	25	64	11
61	April 9, 2015	27	64	9
62	April 23, 2015	36	60	4
63	May 8, 2015	32	57	11
64	May 22, 2015	28	67	5
65	June 5, 2015	27	64	9
66	June 18, 2015	31	63	6
67	July 9, 2015	23	70	7
68	July 23, 2015	22	69	9
69	August 7, 2015	19	68	13
70	August 21, 2015	21	67	12
71	September 3, 2015	19	64	17
72	September 25, 2015	11	66	23
73	October 9, 2015	10	60	30
74	October 23, 2015	10	52	38
75	November 6, 2015	10	60	30
76	November 20, 2015	14	46	40
77	December 4, 2015	10	53	37
78	December 18, 2015	13	63	24
79	January 8, 2016	19	73	8
80	January 22, 2016	22	70	8
81	February 5, 2016	25	66	9
82	February 19, 2016	19	70	11
83	March 4, 2016	27	66	7
84	March 18, 2016	34	58	8
85	April 8, 2016	47	52	1
86	April 22, 2016	43	52	5
87	May 5, 2016	35	55	10
88	May 20, 2016	31	57	12
89	June 3, 2016	28	56	16
90	June 17, 2016	22	68	10
91	July 8, 2016	18	71	11
92	July 22, 2016	13	67	20
93	August 5, 2016	8	65	27
94	August 19, 2016	11	67	22
95	September 9, 2016	17	58	25
96	September 23, 2016	13	61	26
97	October 7, 2016	11	57	32
98	October 21, 2016	10	63	27
99	November 11, 2016	15	61	24
100	November 23, 2016	23	59	18
101	December 9, 2016	13	69	18
102	December 22, 2016	29	57	14
103	January 6, 2017	22	68	10
104	January 19, 2017	29	63	8
105	February 3, 2017	34	57	9
106	February 17, 2017	26	65	9
107	March 10, 2017	37	59	4
108	March 24, 2017	37	54	9
109	April 7, 2017	33	61	6
110	April 21, 2017	26	67	7
111	May 5, 2017	25	68	7
112	May 19, 2017	16	68	16
113	June 9, 2017	18	62	20
114	June 23, 2017	20	65	15
115	July 7, 2017	17	66	17
116	July 21, 2017	16	72	12
117	August 4, 2017	14	71	15
118	August 18, 2017	17	68	15
119	September 8, 2017	18	73	9
120	September 22, 2017	19	63	18
121	October 6, 2017	16	62	22
122	October 20, 2017	14	62	24
123	November 3, 2017	17	66	17
124	November 17, 2017	15	62	23
125	December 7, 2017	15	68	17
126	December 22, 2017	31	59	10
127	January 5, 2018	27	66	7
128	January 19, 2018	42	52	6
129	February 8, 2018	40	56	4
130	February 23, 2018	41	53	6
131	March 9, 2018	36	56	8
132	March 22, 2018	41	52	7
133	April 6, 2018	34	57	9
134	April 20, 2018	27	64	9
135	May 4, 2018	22	67	11
136	May 18, 2018	23	62	15
137	June 8, 2018	26	63	11
138	June 22, 2018	18	66	16
139	July 6, 2018	19	65	16
140	July 20, 2018	12	72	16
141	August 10, 2018	9	75	16
142	August 24, 2018	15	70	15
143	September 7, 2018	15	58	27
144	September 21, 2018	7	66	27
145	October 5, 2018	11	69	20
146	October 19, 2018	9	70	21
147	November 9, 2018	13	72	15
148	November 21, 2018	11	66	23
149	December 7, 2018	7	65	28
150	December 21, 2018	7	65	28
151	January 11, 2019	9	71	20
152	January 25, 2019	15	65	20
153	February 8, 2019	22	64	14
154	February 22, 2019	14	67	19
155	March 8, 2019	23	67	20
156	March 22, 2019	18	65	17
157	April 5, 2019	16	64	20
158	April 19, 2019	20	60	20
159	May 10, 2019	16	59	25
160	May 24, 2019	12	60	28
161	June 7, 2019	9	56	35
162	June 21, 2019	10	55	35
163	July 12, 2019	11	62	27
164	July 26, 2019	13	60	27
165	August 9, 2019	15	60	25
166	August 23, 2019	11	52	37
167	September 13, 2019	8	57	35
168	September 27, 2019	2	49	49
169	October 11, 2019	6	38	56
170	October 25, 2019	10	45	45
171	November 8, 2019	9	54	37
172	November 22, 2019	16	49	35
173	December 6, 2019	10	56	34
174	December 20, 2019	17	55	28
175	January 10, 2020	21	58	21
176	January 24, 2020	26	61	13
177	February 7, 2020	19	73	8
178	February 21, 2020	18	68	14
179	March 6, 2020	23	63	14
180	March 20, 2020	4	60	36
181	April 3, 2020	2	23	75
182	April 17, 2020	3	19	78
183	May 1, 2020	6	24	70
184	May 15, 2020	20	30	50
185	May 29, 2020	34	42	24
186	June 12, 2020	53	38	9
187	June 26, 2020	48	37	15
188	July 10, 2020	38	43	19
189	July 24, 2020	32	50	18
190	August 7, 2020	38	43	19
191	August 21, 2020	56	41	3
192	September 4, 2020	50	47	3
193	September 18, 2020	51	44	5
194	October 2, 2020	54	42	4
195	October 16, 2020	49	47	4
196	October 30, 2020	44	50	6
197	November 13, 2020	51	45	4
198	November 25, 2020	41	51	8
199	December 11, 2020	49	46	5
200	December 23, 2020	52	39	9
201	January 8, 2021	51	39	10
202	January 22, 2021	55	41	4
203	February 5, 2021	40	55	5
204	February 19, 2021	42	53	5
205	March 5, 2021	35	57	8
206	March 19, 2021	44	51	5
207	April 1, 2021	38	55	7
208	April 15, 2021	43	52	5
209	April 30, 2021	49	45	6
210	May 13, 2021	55	37	8
211	May 27, 2021	47	45	8
212	June 10, 2021	49	49	2
213	June 24, 2021	50	41	9
214	July 8, 2021	42	49	9
215	July 22, 2021	35	56	9
216	August 5, 2021	20	71	9
217	August 19, 2021	25	63	12
218	September 2, 2021	22	68	10
219	September 16, 2021	14	76	10
220	September 30, 2021	21	65	14
221	October 14, 2021	16	63	21
222	October 28, 2021	9	66	25
223	November 11, 2021	18	62	20
224	November 24, 2021	13	69	18
225	December 9, 2021	10	64	26
226	December 22, 2021	16	67	17
227	January 6, 2022	16	72	12
228	January 20, 2022	17	59	24
229	February 3, 2022	19	70	11
230	February 17, 2022	25	66	9
231	March 3, 2022	19	66	15
232	March 17, 2022	33	61	6
233	March 31, 2022	32	60	8
234	April 14, 2022	30	65	5
235	April 28, 2022	20	71	9
236	May 13, 2022	17	72	11
237	May 26, 2022	10	67	23
238	June 9, 2022	10	64	26
239	June 23, 2022	6	68	26
240	July 7, 2022	6	54	40
241	July 21, 2022	5	56	39
242	August 4, 2022	8	62	30
243	August 18, 2022	9	62	31
244	September 1, 2022	13	65	22
245	September 15, 2022	13	53	34
246	September 29, 2022	7	66	27
247	October 13, 2022	12	62	26
248	October 27, 2022	10	65	25
249	November 10, 2022	4	64	32
250	November 23, 2022	13	58	29
251	December 8, 2022	12	66	22
252	December 22, 2022	20	68	12
253	January 5, 2023	19	65	16
254	January 19, 2023	21	68	11
255	February 2, 2023	32	60	8
256	February 16, 2023	24	67	8
257	March 2, 2023	13	78	9
258	March 16, 2023	24	60	15
259	March 30, 2023	21	74	4
260	April 13, 2023	15	75	10
261	April 27, 2023	10	75	15
262	May 11, 2023	7	75	18
263	May 25, 2023	5	77	19
264	June 8, 2023	9	67	24
265	June 22, 2023	10	57	33
266	July 6, 2023	16	64	20
267	July 20, 2023	20	61	19
268	August 3, 2023	10	73	17
269	August 17, 2023	10	72	17
270	August 31, 2023	4	72	24
271	September 14, 2023	4	76	20
272	September 28, 2023	9	72	19
273	October 12, 2023	13	65	22
274	October 26, 2023	19	60	21
275	November 9, 2023	24	60	17
276	November 23, 2023	19	60	21
277	December 7, 2023	15	70	15
278	December 21, 2023	15	64	21
279	January 4, 2024	14	74	12
280	January 18, 2024	10	77	13
281	February 1, 2024	13	73	14
282	February 15, 2024	10	74	16
283	February 28, 2024	11	66	23
284	March 13, 2024	19	66	15
285	March 27, 2024	20	71	9
286	April 10, 2024	16	68	16
287	April 24, 2024	22	59	19
288	May 8, 2024	12	63	25
289	May 22, 2024	8	62	30
290	June 5, 2024	10	60	30
291	June 19, 2024	10	57	33
292	July 3, 2024	7	62	31
293	July 17, 2024	6	62	32
294	July 31, 2024	9	62	29
295	August 14, 2024	11	63	26
296	August 28, 2024	19	58	23
297	September 11, 2024	13	56	31
298	September 25, 2024	10	75	15
299	October 9, 2024	4	69	27
300	October 23, 2024	6	67	27
301	November 6, 2024	8	61	31
302	November 20, 2024	13	70	17
303	December 4, 2024	13	68	19
304	December 18, 2024	13	65	22
305	January 8, 2025	15	72	13
306	January 22, 2025	19	64	17
307	February 5, 2025	29	64	7
308	February 19, 2025	38	54	8
309	March 5, 2025	35	57	8
310	March 19, 2025	25	62	13
311	April 2, 2025	20	69	11
312	April 16, 2025	12	69	19
313	April 30, 2025	11	65	24
314	May 14, 2025	10	60	30
315	May 28, 2025	4	67	29
316	June 11, 2025	7	62	31
317	June 25, 2025	8	58	34
318	July 9, 2025	9	59	32
319	July 23, 2025	8	68	24
320	August 6, 2025	5	65	30
321	August 20, 2025	9	56	35
322	September 3, 2025	6	63	31
323	September 17, 2025	11	70	19
324	October 1, 2025	5	69	26
325	October 15, 2025	7	61	32
326	October 29, 2025	13	66	21
327	November 12, 2025	12	63	25
	Date	Demand is improving	Demand is remaining the same	Demand is declining