The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has reported that in the month of September 2026, US steel mills shipped 8,047,607 net tons, a 0.2 percent increase from the 8,032,536 net tons shipped in September 2025.
Shipments were down 2.1 percent from the 8,220,554 net tons shipped in the previous month, August 2026.
Shipments January-September 2026 are 72,014,802 net tons, up 4.8 percent compared to shipments of 68,732,750 net tons in the first nine months of 2025.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2026 to the first nine months of 2025 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, up 10 percent, hot rolled sheet and strip, up 8 percent and cold rolled sheet and strip, down 0.6 percent.