The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of August 2023, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,663,767 net tons, unchanged from the 7,675,344 net tons shipped in August 2022. Shipments were up 1.5 percent from the 7,550,446 net tons shipped in the previous month, July 2023. Shipments year-to-date in 2023 are 59,530,059 net tons, down 2.9 percent vs. 2022 shipments of 61,324,568 net tons for eight months.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first 8 months of 2022 shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 6 percent, cold rolled sheet, down 1 percent and corrosion resistant sheet, down 1 percent.