The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of March 2023, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,372,430 net tons, a 5.9 percent decrease from the 7,835,600 net tons shipped in March 2022. Shipments were up 6.6 percent from the 6,917,842 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2023. Shipments year-to-date in 2023 are 21,438,542 net tons, down 6.1 percent vs. 2022 shipments of 22,826,084 net tons for three months.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first three months of 2022 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, down 5 percent, hot rolled sheet, down 8 percent and cold rolled sheet, down 8 percent.
As published in June 2023 issue of American Recycler.