The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Washington, has reported that for the month of April, U.S. steel mills shipped 8.21 million tons, a 1.4 percent decrease from the nearly 8.33 million tons shipped in the previous month of March. However, steel shipments increased 5.3 percent compared with the 7.8 million tons shipped in April 2018.
Shipments in 2019, to date, are nearly 32.4 million tons, a 3.5 percent increase compared with 2018 shipments of nearly 31.3 million tons for four months.
A comparison of April shipments to the previous month of March shows shipments of galvanized sheets and strip increased 2 percent, cold rolled sheets increased 1 percent and hot rolled sheets decreased 4 percent.
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