The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of February 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,232,679 net tons, a 7.4 percent increase from the 6,753,067 net tons shipped in February 2021. Shipments were down 6.8 percent from the 7,757,672 net tons shipped in the previous month, January 2022. Shipments year-to-date in 2022 are 14,990,351 net tons, a 5.9 percent increase vs. 2021 shipments of 14,155,883 for 2 months.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2022 to the first 2 months of 2021 shows the following changes: corrosion-resistant sheet and strip, up 3 percent, hot rolled sheet, up 3 percent, and cold rolled sheet, down 4 percent.
Published in the May 2022 Edition