The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of September 2025, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,032,536 net tons, a 12.4 percent increase from the 7,143,221 net tons shipped in September 2024. Shipments were up 3.5 percent from the 7,762,706 net tons shipped in the previous month, August 2025. Shipments year-to-date in 2025 are 68,732,750 net tons, up 4.6 percent vs. 2024 shipments of 65,684,015 net tons for nine months.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2025 to the first nine months of 2024 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, up 4 percent, hot rolled sheet and strip, down 1 percent and cold rolled sheet and strip, down 4 percent.
Published December 2025
