The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has reported that in the month of August 2026, US steel mills shipped 8,220,554 net tons, a 5.9 percent increase from the 7,762,706 net tons shipped in August 2025.
Shipments were up 0.01 percent from the 8,219,540 net tons shipped in the previous month, July 2026.
Shipments January-August 2026 are 63,967,195 net tons, up 5.4 percent compared to shipments of 60,700,214 net tons in the first eight months of 2025.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2026 to the first eight months of 2025 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, up 11 percent, hot rolled sheet and strip, up 9 percent and cold rolled sheet and strip, up 0.1 percent.
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