According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in the week ending on December 12, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,567,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 70.9 percent.
Production for the week ending December 12, 2020 is down 0.8 percent from the previous week ending December 5, 2020 when production was 1,579,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 71.4 percent.
Production was 1,815,000 net tons in the week ending December 12, 2019 while the capability utilization then was 78.5 percent. The current week production represents a 13.7 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through December 12, 2020 was 75,332,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 67.3 percent. That is down 18.2 percent from the 92,079,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 79.8 percent.