The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of February 2018, US steel mills shipped 7,525,590 net tons, a 1.5 percent decrease from the 7,636,321 net tons shipped in the previous month, January 2018, and a 4.1 percent increase from the 7,232,341 net tons shipped in February 2017. Shipments year-to-date in 2018 are 15,161,931 net tons, a 1.5 percent increase vs. 2017 shipments of 14,940,757 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 2 percent, cold rolled sheets, down 3 percent, and hot rolled sheets, down 5 percent.