July Shipments Down 1.4 Percent From Prior Month

Down 3.3 Percent YTD in 2023 from Same Period in 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of July 2023, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,550,446 net tons, a 1.6 percent decrease from the 7,676,083 net tons shipped in July 2022. Shipments were down 1.4 percent from the 7,655,692 net tons shipped in the previous month, June 2023. Shipments year-to-date in 2023 are 51,866,292 net tons, down 3.3% vs. 2022 shipments of 53,649,221 net tons for seven months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first seven months of 2022 shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 4 percent, cold rolled sheet, down 1 percent and corrosion resistant sheet, down 2 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

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