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For Immediate Release: April 29, 2008
March Monthly Steel Fact Sheet
The preliminary data released show that overall steel imports in March 2009 decreased 5.30 percent from February 2009. This change in the March total amount of steel imports was due to decreases in several categories including carbon and alloy blooms, billets and slabs (-40.59%), plates in coils (-35.67%), and stainless blooms, billets and slabs (-30.86%). Notable increases included carbon and alloy reinforcing bars (154.90%) and line pipe (24.38%). March 2009 imports of steel mill products were down 41.47 percent compared to March 2008.
Preliminary Census Steel Import Statistic Comparisons |
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Mar-08 |
Feb-09 |
Mar-09
Prelim |
% Change |
% Change |
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Feb 09 - Mar 09 |
Mar 08- Mar 09 |
All Steel Mill Products |
2,332,179 |
1,441,355 |
1,364,925 |
-5.30% |
-41.47% |
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All Carbon and Alloy Products |
2,243,699 |
1,397,943 |
1,314,066 |
-6.00% |
-41.43% |
Oil Country Goods -- C & A |
199,844 |
247,499 |
225,833 |
-8.75% |
13.00% |
Line Pipe -- C & A |
248,313 |
130,362 |
162,139 |
24.38% |
-34.70% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A |
403,963 |
92,009 |
54,659 |
-40.59% |
-86.47% |
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A |
173,798 |
151,646 |
140,557 |
-7.31% |
-19.13% |
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A |
151,644 |
86,290 |
109,987 |
27.46% |
-27.47% |
Standard Pipe -- C & A |
103,821 |
42,822 |
53,094 |
23.99% |
-48.86% |
Wire Rods -- C & A |
75,402 |
38,822 |
35,857 |
-7.64% |
-52.45% |
Plates in Coils -- C & A |
77,132 |
83,432 |
53,675 |
-35.67% |
-30.41% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A |
82,156 |
102,129 |
85,861 |
-15.93% |
4.51% |
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A |
110,462 |
28,645 |
73,017 |
154.90% |
-33.90% |
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All Stainless Products |
88,480 |
43,412 |
50,858 |
17.15% |
-42.52% |
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S |
32,750 |
9,495 |
10,374 |
9.26% |
-68.32% |
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S |
11,281 |
6,542 |
11,491 |
75.65% |
1.86% |
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S |
9,211 |
7,057 |
4,879 |
-30.86% |
-47.03% |
**March 2009 figures are PRELIMINARY; final March 2009 figures to be released 05/12/09 |
*All numbers represent quantity in metric tons. |
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* Please see the SIMA website for further data and graphs: http://ia.ita.doc.gov/steel/license/index.html
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