According to the latest Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) statistics released by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), there was a great increase in the application of steel import licenses in the US in July.
From the statistics of the US Department of Commerce (USDOC), the month on month increase reached 20.5% and the total quantity of requested import reached around 20 million short tons.
From the reports, the main increase of import licenses was for deformed bars, plates, and pipe.
In the past seven months of this year,steel plate and light bars were imported more compared to the same time of last year.