US steel mill shipments down monthly in September, but up year-on-year

Monday, 18 November 2013 23:41:37 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Friday that for the month of September 2013, US steel mills shipped 7,879,747 net tons, a 5.6 percent decrease from the 8,343,075 net tons shipped in the previous month, August 2013, and an 8.9 percent increase from the 7,233,375 net tons shipped in September 2012. Shipments year-to-date in 2013 are 71,898,807 net tons, a 2.4 percent decrease compared to 2012 shipments of 73,638,127 net tons for nine months.

A comparison of September shipments to the previous month of August shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, down 4 percent, hot rolled sheet, down 5 percent and cold rolled sheet, down 5 percent.


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