International Flat Product Market Analysis

摘要

US manufacturing activity remains buoyant, with output of machinery outpacing production of consumergoods – perhaps a sign of re-shoring of more substantial manufacturing operations. Customers of US coil millssupplying these manufacturers have remained unmoved by the prospect of imports being cut off – or priced outof their reach – or by the risk of domestic supplies drying up as a result of an extended strike or lock-out. Theyhave not rushed to build stocks - or rather they have already carried out all the stock building they think theywill need, with the help of the imports that domestic steelmakers are seeking to constrain with their battery ofpetitions for investigations into violations of fair trade practice.