U.S. October Steel Shipments Down 4.2 Percent From Prior Month

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of October 2025, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,692,319 net tons, a 9.2 percent increase from the 7,047,172 net tons shipped in October 2024. Shipments were down 4.2 percent from the 8,032,536 net tons shipped in the previous month, September 2025. Shipments year-to-date in 2025 are 76,425,069 net tons, up 5.1 percent vs. 2024 shipments of 72,731,187 net tons for ten months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2025 to the first ten months of 2024 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, up 4 percent, hot rolled sheet and strip, unchanged and cold rolled sheet and strip, down 3 percent.