Data from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) showed that US’ steel shipments totaled around 8.21 million short tons in July, falling by 3.7% from 8.53 million short tons in the previous month and up by 5.4% from 7.79 million short tons in the same month a year ago.

In the first seven months of this year, US’ steel shipments amounted to approximately 55.74 million short tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%.