April Steel Shipments Down 2.6 Percent From Prior Month

June 9, 2022

Up 1.7 Percent YTD in 2022 from Same Period in 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of April 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,629,985 net tons, a 2.7 percent decrease from the 7,845,008 net tons shipped in April 2021. Shipments were down 2.6 percent from the 7,835,600 net tons shipped in the previous month, March 2022. Shipments year-to-date in 2022 are 30,456,079 net tons, a 1.7 percent increase vs. 2021 shipments of 29,951,322 for four months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2022 to the first four months of 2021 shows the following changes: corrosion-resistant sheet and strip, no change, hot rolled sheet, down 4 percent, and cold rolled sheet, down 8 percent.

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