December 02, 2008
Monthly steel fact sheet for US import in March 2008
The preliminary data released by US show that overall steel imports in March 2008 increased by 1.2% MoM from February 2008.
The marginal change in March’s total amount of steel imports was due to an decrease in some goods, such as blooms billets and slabs by 19% and hot rolled sheet by 24% and an increase in other goods such as oil country goods by 48% and plates in coils by 32%.
There was a notable 69% increase in standard pipe. Similarly, stainless imports increased 1.11% resulting from mixed increases and decreases in individual stainless products. February 2008 imports of steel mill products were down by 17.4% compared to February 2007.
Preliminary Census Steel Import Statistic Comparisons
| Product | Mar '08 | Mar '07 | Change |
| All Steel Mill Products | 2,279,781 | 2,758,598 | -17.3 |
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | 2,192,075 | 2,654,764 | -17.4 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs | 396,551 | 472,113 | -16.0 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled | 171,862 | 228,319 | -24.7 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped | 148,996 | 194,040 | -23.2 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled | 81,777 | 155,269 | -47.3 |
| Bars Reinforcing | 109,372 | 199,136 | -45.0 |
| Wire Rods | 73,486 | 131,600 | -44.1 |
| Line Pipe | 229,577 | 196,291 | 16.9 |
| Oil Country Goods | 197,977 | 145,721 | 35.8 |
| Plates in Coils | 76,109 | 77,445 | -1.7 |
| Standard Pipe | 102,789 | 110,308 | -6.8 |
| All Stainless Products | 87,705 | 103,833 | -15.5 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled | 32,638 | 26,140 | 24.8 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing | 11,156 | 13,383 | -16.6 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs | 9,211 | 11,356 | -18.8 |
(Sourced from SIMA)
