According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in the week ending on July 18, 2026, US domestic raw steel production was 1.830 million net tons while the capacity utilization rate was 79.3 percent.
Production for the week ending on July 18, 2026, decreased 0.5 percent from the previous week ending July 11, 2026, when production was 1.840 million net tons and the rate of capacity utilization was 79.7 percent.
Production was 1.771 million net tons in the week ending July 18, 2025, while the capacity utilization was 78.2 percent. The current week production represents a 3.3 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through July 18, 2026, was 51.782 million net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 78.8 percent. That is up 5.8 percent from 48.942 million net tons during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 77.0 percent
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