March Steel Shipments Up 9.8 Percent From Prior Month

Up 1.7 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 March 2025, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,725,314 net tons, a 5.3 percent increase from the 7,338,349 net tons shipped in March 2024. Shipments were up 9.8 percent from the 7,035,936 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2025. Shipments year-to-date in 2025 are 22,197,305 net tons, up 1.7 percent vs. 2024 shipments of 21,820,215 net tons for three months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2025 to the first three months of 2024 shows the following changes: cold-rolled sheet and strip were up 1 percent, hot-rolled sheet and strip were down 1 percent, and corrosion-resistant sheet and strip were 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 which are critical to the everyday lives of all Americans — including national security, roads and bridges, buildings, 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.