AISI: January Steel Shipments Up from December, Down from Prior Year
03/11/2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of January 2014, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,895,293 tons.
This a 3.4% increase from the 7,632,629 tons shipped in the previous month, December 2013, and a 3.8% decrease from the 8,210,726 tons shipped in January 2013.
A comparison of January shipments to the previous month of December shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 6.0%, cold rolled sheet, up 2.0% and hot rolled sheet, down 3.0%.
A comparison of January shipments to the previous month of December shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 6.0%, cold rolled sheet, up 2.0% and hot rolled sheet, down 3.0%.
