October Steel Shipments Up 1.3 Percent From Prior Month

Down 2.0 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 October 2023, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,346,373 net tons, a 1.9 percent increase from the 7,210,301 net tons shipped in October 2022. Shipments were up 1.3 percent from the 7,252,942 net tons shipped in the previous month, September 2023. Shipments year-to-date in 2023 are 74,129,374 net tons, down 2.0% vs. 2022 shipments of 75,675,222 net tons for ten months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first ten months of 2022 shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 8 percent, cold rolled sheet, unchanged and corrosion resistant sheet, down 2 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

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