The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of June 2019, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,718,499 net tons, a 5.2 percent decrease from the 8,142,270 net tons shipped in the previous month, May 2019, and a 3.4 percent decrease from the 7,988,026 net tons shipped in June 2018.
Shipments year-to-date in 2019 are 48,223,245 net tons, a 1.9 percent increase vs. 2018 shipments of 47,304,057 net tons for six months.
A comparison of June shipments to the previous month of May shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 2 percent, cold rolled sheets, down 5 percent, and hot rolled sheets, down 6 percent.
Published in the September 2019 Edition