AISI: June steel shipments down month-on-month, but up year-to-date

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 02:29:16 (GMT+2)

Shipments year-to-date in 2010 are 42,233,140, a 61.5 percent increase vs. 2009 shipments of 26,156,301 for six months.  At the current rate of shipments, shipments for 2010 would annualize at 84.5 million tons.

A month-to-month comparison of shipments indicates that cold rolled sheet is up 3 percent; hot rolled sheet is up 2 percent; and hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip have declined by 4 percent.

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