According to statistics released by the US Department of Commerce (DOC), the US’s imports licenses for carbon and alloy hot-rolled coils (HRC) totaled 259,560 tons in July, soaring by 27% from a month ago.
Among them, the HRC imports from Korea jumped substantially by 110% month on month to 62,413 tons in July.
Meanwhile, the imports from Japan totaled 27,438 tons, surging by 58%; those from Mexico were at 29,102 tons, jumping by 128%, both compared to those in a month ago.
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