U.S. March Imports of Steel Products Report (Text)
Following is the text of the U.S. steel report from the Commerce Department:
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that preliminary March steel imports were $2.5 billion (2.2 million metric tons). This was an increase of $0.7 billion (0.6 million metric tons) from the preliminary February totals of $1.8 bil
The March change in steel imports based on metric tonnage reflected an increase primarily in blooms, billets, and slabs. Increases occurred primarily with Mexico and Canada.
The year to date final statistics through February 2011 showed steel imports of 3.6 million metric tons compared with 2.9 million metric tons through February 2010. The largest commodity increases occurred primarily in oil country go
Notes:
The data in this report are preliminary and subject to revisions.
Analysis of recent months for steel product imports indicates the value of preliminary data should equal about 96 percent of the final value reported in the regular monthly trade statistics report. Preliminary data reported for indi
SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Department http://www.bea.gov
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