According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the week ending on May 17, 2025, US domestic raw steel production was 1.720 million net tons while the capacity utilization rate was 76.6 percent.
Production for the week ending on May 17, 2025, is down 1.1 percent from the previous week ending May 10, 2025, when production was 1.740 million net tons and the rate of capacity utilization was 77.5 percent.
Production was 1.709 million net tons in the week ending May 17, 2024, while the capacity utilization was 76.9 percent. The current week production represents a 0.6 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through May 17, 2025, was 32.786 million net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 75.0 percent. That is down 0.8 percent from the 33.043 million net tons during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 76.1 percent.