The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has reported that in the month of April 2026, US steel mills shipped 7,664,757 net tons, a 1.1 percent increase from the 7,580,635 net tons shipped in April 2025.
Shipments were down 6.6 percent from the 8,204,611 net tons shipped in the previous month, March 2026.
Shipments January-April 2026 are 30,848,701 net tons, up 3.6 percent compared to shipments of 29,777,940 net tons in the first four months of 2025.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2026 to the first four months of 2025 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, up 13 percent, hot rolled sheet and strip, up 4 percent and cold rolled sheet and strip, down 4 percent.
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