According to preliminary census data released by the US Department of Commerce, the US imported 224,135 mt of hot rolled coil (HRC) in August, a 25.5 percent decrease from July and a 35.3 percent decrease from August 2015.
The top sources for imported HRC in August were Canada, with 84,548 mt (up 13.8 percent month-on-month and up 18.8 percent year-on-year); Korea, with 63,881 mt (down 46.5 percent month-on-month and down 18.4 percent year-on-year); and Japan, with 15,520 mt (down 67.9 percent month-on-month and down 60.5 percent year-on-year).