According to preliminary census data from the US Department of Commerce, US imports of plates in coil totaled 150,781 mt in April 2018, up 11.3 percent from March and up 70.2 percent from April 2017 levels. By value, plates in coil imports totaled $110.7 million in April 2018, compared to $95.8 million in the previous month and $62.7 million in the same month last year.
The US imported the most plates in coil from Canada in April, with 81,746 mt, compared to 75,295 mt in March and 55,750 mt in April 2017. Other top sources of imported plates in coil in April include Mexico, with 15,295 mt; Netherlands, with 13,087 mt; Korea, with 10,144 mt; Germany, with 6,609 mt; and Serbia, with 3,507 mt.