September Steel Shipments Down 5.4 Percent From Prior Month

November 7, 2023

Down 2.5 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 September 2023, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,252,942 net tons, a 1.6 percent increase from the 7,140,355 net tons shipped in September 2022. Shipments were down 5.4 percent from the 7,663,767 net tons shipped in the previous month, August 2023. Shipments year-to-date in 2023 are 66,783,001 net tons, down 2.5% vs. 2022 shipments of 68,464,921 net tons for nine months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first nine months of 2022 shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 7 percent, cold rolled sheet, unchanged and corrosion resistant sheet, down 2 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

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