August Steel Shipments up 4.4 percent from Prior Month

October 11, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of August 2019, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,472,088 net tons, a 4.4 percent increase from the 8,115,103 net tons shipped in the previous month, July 2019, and a 0.4 percent increase from the 8,441,597 net tons shipped in August 2018. Shipments year-to-date in 2019 are 64,810,436 net tons, a 1.8 percent increase vs. 2018 shipments of 63,656,882 net tons for eight months.

A comparison of August shipments to the previous month of July shows the following changes: hot rolled sheets, up 10 percent, hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 7 percent and cold rolled sheets, up 3 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison
202.452.7115 / lharrison@www.steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the North American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI also plays a lead role in the development and application of new steels and steelmaking technology. AISI is comprised of 18 member companies, including integrated and electric furnace steelmakers, and approximately 120 associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook or Twitter (@AISISteel).