US steel imports plunge 52% month on month in February

摘要

The United States’ steel imports plummeted by 52% in February, driven by sharp declines in volumes of semi-finished steel and energy tubular products. The arrival of blooms, billets and slabs slowed by nearly 90% in February, and that of coil-rolled coil, oil country tubular goods (OCTG), line pipe and standard pipe all dropped by more than 20% sequentially last month, according to preliminary US Census Bureau data updated on Tuesday March 24.