In the United States published data on the allowed imports of steel in June

The Department of Commerce and Data Analysis (SIMA), in conjunction with the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), announced that applications for steel imports in June received a permit in the amount of 3,436,000 tons. This is 14% less compared to preliminary May imports, which totaled 4,016,000 tons. The import permit for finished products in June is 2,764,000 tonnes, down 6 percent from 2,925,000 tonnes in May. The estimated share of finished rolled products in the import market in June was 28% and 27% YTD. At the same time, the permitted import in June against the data in May was increased for plates (by 26%), cold-rolled sheet (by 20%), sheet metal (by 12%) and hot-rolled sheet (by 11%). The full range of pipes and rolled metal products can be viewed at metall-kom.com . In the first six months of 2014, with a significant increase compared to the same period in 2013, imports of wire rod (by 103%), cold-rolled sheet (by 66%), galvanized sheet (by 50%), metal-coated sheets (by 49% ), hot-rolled sheets (by 43%), structural pipes and tubes (by 21%), heavy shaped steel (by 25%) and rebar (by 16%). In June, the largest suppliers of finished rolled products that received import permits were enterprises in South Korea (498,000 tons, down 15% from May), Turkey (246,000 tons, up 66%), China (234,000 tons, down 23 %), Japan (151,000 tons, up 4%), Russia (103,000 tons, down 0.3%). In the first six months of 2014, the largest suppliers were South Korea (2,650,000 tons, up 51% over the same period in 2013), China (1,520,000 tons, up 69%) and Turkey (1,007,000 tons, up 36 %).