In the week ending on December 16, 2017, domestic raw
steel production was 1,698,000 net tons while the capability utilization
rate was 72.8 percent. Production was 1,607,000 net tons in the week
ending December 16, 2016 while the capability utilization then was 67.8
percent. The current week production represents a 5.7 percent increase
from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week
ending December 16, 2017 is up 1.6 percent from the previous week ending
December 9, 2017 when production was 1,672,000 net tons and the rate of
capability utilization was 71.7 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through December 16, 2017 was
86,751,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 74.4 percent.
That is up 4.3 percent from the 83,165,000 net tons during the same
period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 70.5 percent.
Broken down by districts, here's production for the week ending December
16, 2017 in thousands of net tons: North East: 213; Great Lakes: 628;
Midwest: 167; Southern: 623 and Western: 67 for a total of 1698.
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) |