The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of September 2023, US steel mills shipped 7,252,942 net tons, a 1.6 percent increase from the 7,140,355 net tons shipped in September 2022. Shipments were down 5.4 percent from the 7,663,767 net tons shipped in the previous month, August 2023.
Shipments year-to-date in 2023 are 66,783,001 net tons, down 2.5 percent compared to 2022 shipments of 68,464,921 net tons for nine months.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first nine months of 2022 shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 7 percent; cold rolled sheet, unchanged; and corrosion resistant sheet, down 2 percent.