May Steel Shipments Down 1.0 Percent From Prior Month

Up 1.9 Percent YTD in 2025 from Same Period in 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of May 2025, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,507,349 net tons, a 1.0 percent increase from the 7,431,201 net tons shipped in May 2024. Shipments were down 1.0 percent from the 7,580,635 net tons shipped in the previous month, April 2025. Shipments year-to-date in 2025 are 37,285,289 net tons, up 1.9 percent vs. 2024 shipments of 36,607,546 net tons for five months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2025 to the first five months of 2024 shows the following changes: cold rolled sheet and strip, up 1 percent, corrosion resistant sheet and strip, down 1 percent and hot rolled sheet and strip, down 2 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, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. 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.