US Steel shipments gain 5.8 percent y/y in January
United States steel mills have shipped 8,079,757 net tons of steel during the month of January this year, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).
The figure which represents an increase of 3.5 percent from the 7,804,093 net tons shipped in December 2018 and a 5.8 percent increase from the 7,636,321 net tons shipped in January 2018.
A comparison of January shipments to the previous month of December shows the following changes: cold rolled sheet, up 7 percent, hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip, up 5 percent, and hot rolled sheets, up 3 percent.
