The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of December 2025, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,454,338 net tons, a 3.5 percent increase from the 7,205,093 net tons shipped in December 2024. Shipments were up 5.4 percent from the 7,073,659 net tons shipped in the previous month, November 2025. Shipments for the full year 2025 are 90,953,066 net tons, up 4.9 percent vs. 2024 full year shipments of 86,698,917.
A comparison of shipments for the full year 2025 to the full year 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 4 percent.
Published March 2026
