Mill shipments in US down 1.3 percent in June

Tuesday, 12 August 2014 01:21:56 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that for the month of June 2014, US steel mills shipped 8,291,823 net tons, a 1.3 percent decrease from the 8,398,976 net tons shipped in the previous month, May 2014, and a 6.2 percent increase from the 7,806,319 net tons shipped in June 2013. Shipments year-to-date in 2014 are 48,777,146 net tons, a 2.9 percent increase vs. 2013 shipments of 47,401,474 net tons for six months.

A comparison of June shipments to the previous month of May shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 0.1 percent, hot rolled sheet, down 2 percent and cold rolled sheet, down 4 percent.

Tags: US North America 

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