In the week ending on January 27, 2018, domestic raw
steel production was 1,719,000 net tons while the capability utilization
rate was 73.8 percent. Production was 1,736,000 net tons in the week
ending January 27, 2017 while the capability utilization then was 74.5
percent. The current week production represents a 1.0 percent decrease
from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week
ending January 27, 2018 is up 1.5 percent from the previous week ending
January 20, 2018 when production was 1,693,000 net tons and the rate of
capability utilization was 72.6 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through January 27, 2018 was 6,522,000
net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 72.5 percent. That is down
2.6 percent from the 6,697,000 net tons during the same period last
year, when the capability utilization rate was 74.5 percent.
Broken down by districts, here's production for the week ending January
27, 2018 in thousands of net tons: North East: 215; Great Lakes: 650;
Midwest: 159; Southern: 629 and Western: 66 for a total of 1719.
The Raw Steel production tonnage provided in this report is estimated.
The figures are compiled from weekly production tonnage provided from
50% of the domestic producers combined with monthly production data for
the remainder. Therefore, this report should be used primarily to assess
production trends. The AISI production report "AIS 7", published monthly
and available by subscription, provides a more detailed summary of steel
production based on data supplied by companies representing 75% of U.S.
production capacity.
Note: Capability for the Fourth Quarter 2017 is approximately 30.6
million tons compared to 30.7 million tons for the same period last year
and 30.6 million tons for the Third Quarter of 2017. |
(To contact the reporter on this story: seven.wang@steelhome.cn or 86-5552238875) |