Steel imports permits to the US decrease 15 percent in August

Thursday, 02 September 2010 01:08:38 (GMT+3)   |  
       

According to a September 1 release by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), based on the US Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, steel import permit applications for the month of August totaled 2,082,000 net tons. This reflects a 15 percent decrease from the 2,436,000 permit tons recorded in July and a 14 percent decrease from the July preliminary imports total of 2,415,000 nt.   

Import permit tonnage for finished steel in August was 1,623,000 nt, down 10 percent from the preliminary imports total of 1,797,000 nt in July. 


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