The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that for the month of August 2013, US steel mills shipped 8,343,075 net tons, a 0.8 percent increase from the 8,274,511 net tons shipped in the previous month, July 2013, and a 0.4 percent decrease from the 8,377,162 net tons shipped in August 2012. Shipments year-to-date in 2013 are 64,019,060 net tons, a 3.6 percent decrease versus 2012 shipments of 66,404,752 net tons for eight months.
A comparison of August shipments to the previous month of July shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 6 percent, cold rolled sheet, up two percent and hot rolled sheet, down two percent.