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.