The total tonnage for the week ending May 5^th was 1,779 million tons, (Mt) at a capacity utilization rate of 75.9%. For the first 18 weeks of 2018, total tonnage output was 31,748 Mt, at an average capacity utilization rate of 75.6%.

Worldsteel Association (WSA) reports that global crude steel production totaled 148.33 million tonnes (Mt) at a capacity utilization rate, (CUR) of 74.5% in March. Production was down by 15.944 Mt month on month but the CUR was up 0.9 percentage points over February.

Beam licenses for the month of April through the 24^th, totaled 41,079 tons, 31.8% lower than the year to date. Two HTS codes are includes in this analysis. The largest contributor is Wide Flange Beams, which accounts for 82.3% of the total.

The total tonnage for the week ending April 7th was 1,805 million tons, (Mt) at a capacity utilization rate of 77.0%. For the first 14 weeks of 2018, total tonnage output was 24,643 Mt, at a capacity utilization rate of 75.5%. In 2017, the same 12 weeks production total was 24,254 Mt at 73.2%.

The total tonnage for the week ending March 31st was 1,776 million tons, (Mt) at a capacity utilization rate of 76.2%. For the first 13 weeks of 2018, total tonnage output was 22,838 Mt, at an average capacity utilization rate of 75.4%.

For the 12 months ending February 2018, U.S. mill shipments of long products increased by 6.2% year on year, (y/y). U.S. domestic consumption of long products increased by 0.1% over the same timeframe.