The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has reported that in the month of March 2024 US steel mills shipped 7,338,349 net tons, a 5.7 percent decrease from the 7,779,430 net tons shipped in March 2023.
Shipments were up 3.4 percent from the 7,097,512 net tons shipped in the previous month, February.
Shipments year-to-date in 2024 are 21,820,310 net tons, down 3.6 percent compared shipments of 22,638,542 net tons in the first three months of 2023.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2024 to the first three months of 2023 shows the following changes: cold rolled sheet, up four percent; corrosion-resistant steel, down three percent; and hot rolled steel, down three percent.