In the week ending on February 17, 2018, domestic raw
steel production was 1,751,000 net tons while the capability utilization
rate was 75.1 percent. Production was 1,770,000 net tons in the week
ending February 17, 2017 while the capability utilization then was 75.9
percent. The current week production represents a 1.1 percent decrease
from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week
ending February 17, 2018 is up 0.8 percent from the previous week ending
February 10, 2018 when production was 1,737,000 net tons and the rate of
capability utilization was 74.5 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through February 17, 2018 was
11,757,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 73.6 percent.
That is down 1.9 percent from the 11,988,000 net tons during the same
period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 75.2 percent.
Broken down by districts, here's production for the week ending February
17, 2018 in thousands of net tons: North East: 208; Great Lakes: 655;
Midwest: 162; Southern: 654 and Western: 72 for a total of 1751.
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 First Quarter 2018 is approximately 30.0
million tons compared to 30.0 million tons for the same period last year
and 30.6 million tons for the Fourth Quarter of 2017. |
(To contact the reporter on this story: seven.wang@steelhome.cn or 86-5552238875) |