May Steel Shipments Up 3.7 Percent From Prior Month

July 11, 2022

Up 1.1 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 May 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,910,730 net tons, a 1.0 percent decrease from the 7,987,038 net tons shipped in May 2021. Shipments were up 3.7 percent from the 7,629,985 net tons shipped in the previous month, April 2022. Shipments year-to-date in 2022 are 38,366,809 net tons, a 1.1 percent increase vs. 2021 shipments of 37,938,360 for five months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2022 to the first five months of 2021 shows the following changes: corrosion-resistant sheet and strip, down 1 percent, hot rolled sheet, down 4 percent, and cold rolled sheet, down 9 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

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