The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of November 2025, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,073,659 net tons, a 4.6 percent increase from the 6,762,637 net tons shipped in November 2024. Shipments were down 8.0 percent from the 7,692,319 net tons shipped in the previous month, October 2025. Shipments year-to-date in 2025 are 83,498,728 net tons, up 5.0 percent vs. 2024 shipments of 79,493,824 net tons for 11 months.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2025 to the first 11 months of 2024 shows the following changes: corrosion-resistant sheet and strip, up 4 percent; hot-rolled sheet and strip, up 1 percent; and cold-rolled sheet and strip, down 3 percent.
Published February 2026