AISI: US September Steel Shipments Down 7 Percent From Prior Month.

US steel import permit applications for the month of October totaled 2,298,000 net tons (NT)*.

U.S. imported a total of 2,237,000 net tons (NT) of steel in September 2022.

U.S. imported a total of 2,237,000 net tons (NT) of steel in September 2022.

Vietnam spent nearly 10.3 billion U.S. dollars importing roughly 9.8 million tons of steel and iron in the first 10 months of this year.

Steel shipments from US mills fell in August as the market continued to deal with declining prices.

Japan and the US remained Vietnam's top two suppliers and accounted for 58pc of total imports in September.

Down 2.1 Percent YTD in 2022 from Same Period in 2021.