WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of March 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,835,600 net tons, a 1.4 percent decrease from the 7,950,431 net tons shipped in March 2021. Shipments were up 8.3 percent from the 7,232,679 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2022. Shipments year-to-date in 2022 are 22,826,094 net tons, a 3.3 percent increase vs. 2021 shipments of 22,106,314 for three months.
A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2022 to the first three months of 2021 shows the following changes: corrosion-resistant sheet and strip, up 2 percent, hot rolled sheet, down 3 percent, and cold rolled sheet, down 6 percent.