In the week ending on December 30, 2017, domestic raw
steel production was 1,637,000 net tons while the capability utilization
rate was 70.2 percent. Production was 1,607,000 net tons in the week
ending December 30, 2016 while the capability utilization then was 67.8
percent. The current week production represents a 1.9 percent increase
from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week
ending December 30, 2017 is down 4.7 percent from the previous week
ending December 23, 2017 when production was 1,718,000 net tons and the
rate of capability utilization was 73.7 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through December 30, 2017 was
90,106,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 74.3 percent.
That is up 4.3 percent from the 86,379,000 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
30, 2017 in thousands of net tons: North East: 213; Great Lakes: 594;
Midwest: 158; Southern: 604 and Western: 68 for a total of 1637.
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. |
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