Washington, DC-According to preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) today reported that the United States imported a total of 3,237,000 net tons (NT) of steel in September 2021, including 2,469,000 net tons (NT) of finished steel. . Steel (up 16.7% and 17.1% respectively compared to the final data in August). By the first nine months of 2021, total steel imports and finished steel imports will be 23,806,000 and 16,684,000 net tons (NTD), respectively, an increase of 34.9% over the same period in 2020. In 2021, total steel imports and finished products imports will be 31.7 and 22.2 million respectively. NT increased by 44.2% and 37.8% respectively over 2020. The market share of finished steel imports in September is estimated to be 25%, and for the first nine months of 2021 it is estimated to be 21%.
Compared with August, the main finished steel products with a significant increase in imports in September were line pipes (an increase of 111%), oil country goods (an increase of 104%), steel bars (an increase of 70%), and cut-to-length boards (an increase of 44%) , Wire rod (up 33%), tin plate (up 27%), coiled plate (up 22%), standard pipe (up 18%), cold-rolled plate (up 17%) and hot-rolled plate (up 16%) . Compared with the same period in 2020, the products with significant year-to-date (YTD) growth are hot-rolled sheet (an increase of 106%), coil (an increase of 81%), wire rod (an increase of 56%), sheet and strip all other metals Coating (increased by 53%), cut-to-length plates (increased by 52%), petroleum products (increased by 37%), heavy structural profiles (increased by 29%), cold-rolled sheets (increased by 28%), hot-rolled bars (increased by 26 %), wire drawing (up 24%), hot-dip galvanized sheet and strip steel (up 20%), tin plate (up 17%) and steel bars (up 13%).
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