According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in the week ending on December 22, 2018, domestic raw steel production in the US totaled 1,870,000 net tons, while the capability utilization rate was 79.8 percent.
Production for the week ending December 22, 2018 is down 1.1 percent from the previous week ending December 15, 2018, when production was 1,890,000 net tons and the capability utilization rate was 80 percent. Production was 1,676,000 net tons in the week ending December 15, 2017, while the capability utilization rate was 80.6 percent. The current week production represents an 11.6 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through December 22, 2018 was 93,164,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 78.3 percent. That is up 6.1 percent from the 87,807,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 74 percent.