In August, the largest steel import permit applications were for Canada (587,000 NT, up 8% from July final), Mexico (479,000 NT, up 4%), South Korea (202,000 NT, down 28%), Brazil (107,000 NT, down 58%) and Vietnam (107,000 NT, up 110%).

AISI reported that for the month of July 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,676,083 net tons, a 7.3 percent decrease from the 8,278,863 net tons shipped in July 2021.

US domestic raw steel production was 1,723,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 78.2 percent.

Japan ferrosilicon (Si>55%) imports down 14.07% year-on-year in July 2022.

Japan ferrosilicon (Si>55%) imports up 5.33% year-on-year from January to July 2022.

Japan ferrosilicon (Si≤55%) imports increase 90.12% month on month in July 2022.

Japan ferrosilicon (Si≤55%) imports down 3.64% year-on-year from January to July 2022.

China low carbon ferrochrome exports in July 2022 by country/region.