The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that for the month of February 2014, US steel mills shipped 7,618,380 net tons, a 3.5 percent decrease from the 7,895,293 net tons shipped in the previous month, January 2014, and a 2.4 percent increase from the 7,436,388 net tons shipped in February 2013. Shipments year-to-date in 2014 are 15,513,673 net tons, a 0.9 percent decrease vs. 2013 shipments of 15,674,114 net tons for two months.
A comparison of February shipments to the previous month of January shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, down 1.0 percent, hot rolled sheet, down 3.0 percent and cold rolled sheet, down 4.0 percent.