US brass mill products imports and exports declined in September

SPOKANE (Scrap Monster): According to the Copper and Brass Fabricators Council (CBFC), the imports of brass mill products by the US during the month of September have declined over the previous year. The exports too dropped during the month.

According to data, the US imports of brass mill products during September totaled 37.8 million lb, 9.4% lower when compared with 41.7 million lb imports registered during September 2014. The cumulative brass mill products import by the US during the initial nine months of the year amounted to 380.9 million lb, modestly lower by 5.6% when compared with the cumulative imports of 403.4 million lb during the corresponding nine-month period in 2014.

The main exporter of brass mill products to the US during September was Germany. The total imports from Germany during the month totaled just over 10 million lb. Mexico followed Germany with total exports to US amounting to 4.70 million lb. In third place was South Korea. The brass mill products imports by the US from South Korea totaled 4.6 million lb during the month. The other key exporters were Canada (3.9 million lb) and Peru (2.7 million lb).

Imports of all sheet, strip, plate and foil products totaled 13.4 million lb in September. All pipe and tube products imports totaled 12.6 million lb. Imports of all profiles, rods and bars totaled just over 8 million lb. Copper alloy wire imports totaled 3.8 million lb.

In accordance with the data released by the CBFC, the US exports of brass mill products totaled 18.9 million lb in September this year, 8.4% down from the exports of 20.6 million lb during September last year.

Exports of all sheet, strip, plate and foil products totaled 7.2 million lb in September. All pipe and tube products exports totaled 3.6 million lb. Exports of all profiles, rods and bars totaled 5.9 million lb. Copper alloy wire exports totaled 2.2 million lb.

The cumulative brass mill products exports by the US during the initial nine months of the year amounted to 188.5 million lb, down by 2.9% from the exports of 194.2 million lb during January to September last year.