April steel shipments up
Washington, DC— The American Iron and Steel
Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of April 2006, United
States steel mills shipped 9,159,000 net tons, a 7.2 percent increase
from the 8,545,000 net tons shipped in April 2005, and a 6.8 percent
decrease from the 9,830,000 net tons shipped in the previous month,
March 2006.
A year-to-year comparison of year-to-date shipments
shows the following changes within major market classifications:
service centers and distributors, down 3.7 percent; automotive,
up 17.3 percent; construction and contractors’ products, up
15.2 percent; oil and gas, up 9.5 percent; machinery, industrial
equipment and tools, up 15.9 percent; appliances, utensils and cutlery,
down 6.6 percent; containers, packaging and shipping materials,
down 3.3 percent; and electrical equipment, up 13.9 percent.
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