August Steel Shipments Up 1.8 Percent From Prior Month

Down 3.9 Percent YTD in 2024 from Same Period in 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of August 2024, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,292,562 net tons, a 3.8 percent decrease from the 7,580,767 net tons shipped in August 2023. Shipments were up 1.8 percent from the 7,160,731 net tons shipped in the previous month, July 2024. Shipments year-to-date in 2024 are 58,212,974 net tons, down 3.9% vs. 2023 shipments of 60,564,059 net tons for eight months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2024 to the first eight months of 2023 shows the following changes: cold rolled sheet, up 4 percent, corrosion resistant steel, down 2 percent and hot rolled steel, down 5 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers reflecting the production of both carbon and stainless steels which are critical to the everyday lives of all Americans — including national security, roads and bridges, the electrical grid, clean energy technologies and the automotive market. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram.