U.S. steel mill shipments in April 2026 were down 6.6 percent from March.

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that U.S. steel mills shipped 7,664,757 net tons in April 2026, up 1.1 percent from the 7,580,635 net tons shipped in April 2025.

Shipments were down 6.6 percent from 8,204,611 net tons shipped in the previous month, March. 2026   Deliveries for January-April 2026 totaled 30,848,701 net tons, up 3.6 percent from shipments of 29,777,940 net tons in the first four months of 2025. sheet and strip are up 4 percent, and cold-rolled sheet and strip are down 4 percent.