{"id":11791,"date":"2026-05-05T20:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steel.org\/?p=11791"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:47:12","slug":"march-steel-shipments-up-10-9-percent-from-prior-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steel.org\/2026\/05\/march-steel-shipments-up-10-9-percent-from-prior-month\/","title":{"rendered":"March Steel Shipments Up 10.9 Percent From Prior Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Up 4.4 Percent YTD in 2026 from Same Period in 2025<\/h3>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of March 2026, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,204,611 net tons, a 6.2 percent increase from the 7,725,314 net tons shipped in March 2025. Shipments were up 10.9 percent from the 7,395,507 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2026. Shipments year-to-date in 2026 are 23,183,944 net tons, up 4.4 percent vs. 2025 shipments of 22,197,305 net tons for three months.<\/p>\n<p>A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2026 to the first three months of 2025 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, up 13 percent, hot rolled sheet and strip, up 4 percent and cold rolled sheet and strip, down 6 percent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">#####<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact: Lisa Harrison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>202.452.7115 \/\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lharrison@steel.org\">lharrison@steel.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI\u2019s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America\u2019s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI\u2019s website at\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steel.org\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">www.steel.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. 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