The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) announced Thursday that that for the month of April 2011, US steel mills shipped 7,258,534 net tons, a 9.3 percent decrease from the 8,006,016 net tons shipped in March 2011, and a 2.8 percent increase from the 7,057,660 net tons shipped in April 2010.
Shipments year-to-date in 2011 are 29,760,685 a 7.8 percent increase vs. 2010 shipments of 27,575,482 for four months.
A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip, down 6 percent, hot rolled sheet, down 11 percent, and cold rolled sheet, down 15 percent.