China export 25600.133 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) in December, 2019.

China exported a total of 2854.097 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in December, 2019.

Japan imported 421281.901 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) in 2019.

Japan imported 632.38 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in December, 2019.

Adjusted year-to-date production through January 11, 2020 was 3,008,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 82.1 percent.

AISI: Steel Imports Down 17% Year-to-Date through November.

Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 1,541,000 net tons (NT) of steel in November 2019.

Korea imported 18858 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) in November.