Steel Shipments Down 3.6 Percent in 2024

December 2024 Shipments Up 0.9 percent vs. December 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of December 2024, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,145,016 net tons, a 0.9 percent increase from the 7,082,921 net tons shipped in December 2023. Shipments were up 6.6 percent from the 6,702,557 net tons shipped in the previous month, November 2024. Shipments for the full year 2024 are 86,130,780 net tons, down 3.6% vs. 2023 full year shipments of 89,338,472 net tons.

A comparison of shipments for the full year 2024 to the full year 2023 shows the following changes: cold rolled sheet, up 3 percent, corrosion resistant sheet, unchanged and hot rolled sheet, down 7 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

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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.