February Steel Exports Down to 600k Tons

Cut plate exports decreased 17.4 percent from January to 66,231 tons and were down 15.7 percent compared to levels one year ago.

Exports of coiled plate were 30,108 tons in February, up 3.8 percent month over month, but down 22.4 percent year over year.

Hot rolled steel fell 13.0 percent over January to 41,822 tons, and down 35.9 percent from February 2017 levels.

Exports of cold rolled products were 49,583 tons in February, up 0.3 percent from January, and up 0.5 percent over the same month last year.

Galvanized exports fell 10.7 percent month over month to 113,052 tons. Compared to one year ago, February levels were up 9.6 percent.

Exports of all other metallic coated products came in at 18,562 tons, a 3.2 percent increase from January, but a 19.3 percent decrease compared to one year ago.

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