October Steel Shipments Down 1.4 Percent From Prior Month

Down 3.7 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 October 2024, U.S. steel mills shipped 6,987,092 net tons, a 4.9 percent decrease from the 7,346,373 net tons shipped in October 2023. Shipments were down 1.4 percent from the 7,083,141 net tons shipped in the previous month, September 2024. Shipments year-to-date in 2024 are 72,283,207 net tons, down 3.7% vs. 2023 shipments of 75,080,374 net tons for ten months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2024 to the first ten months of 2023 shows the following changes: cold rolled sheet, up 4 percent, corrosion resistant steel, unchanged and hot rolled steel, down 6 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.