US steel imports plunge in November

Dec 27, 2007 | 08:11 AM | Rory Carroll

U.S. steel imports totaled 2.1 million tonnes in November, down 18 percent from October and off 33 percent from November 2006, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The heaviest declines were seen in imports of blooms, billets and slabs and in trade with Brazil in the October-to-November comparison.....





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