The American Iron and Steel Institute said that for the month of April 2013, US steel mills shipped 7,978,531 net tonne, a 0.7% increase from the 7,922,265 net tonne shipped in the previous month, March 2013, and a 3.2% decrease from the 8,245,339 net tonne shipped in April 2012.
However, shipments YTD in 2013 are 31,547,910 net tonne, a 6.3% decrease vs 2012 shipments of 33,663,439 net tonne for the first four months of the year.
A comparison of April shipments to the previous month of March shows the following changes:
1. Cold rolled sheet, up 10%
2. Hot dipped galvanized sheets
3. Strip up 5%
4. Hot rolled sheet down 4%.
