AISI: September Steel Shipments Down 1.3% From August
11/26/2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of September 2014, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,372,929 tons, a 1.3% decrease from the 8,480,954 tons shipped in the previous month, August 2014, and a 6.3% increase from the 7,879,747 tons shipped in September 2013.
Shipments year-to-date in 2014 are 74,123,773 tons, a 3.1% increase vs. 2013 shipments of 71,898,807 tons for nine months.
A comparison of September shipments to the previous month of August shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 5.0%, hot rolled sheets, down 1.0% and cold rolled sheet, down 3.0%.
A comparison of September shipments to the previous month of August shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 5.0%, hot rolled sheets, down 1.0% and cold rolled sheet, down 3.0%.
