According to preliminary data from the US Census Bureau, in September, Latin American steel exports to the US totaled about 740,000 tons, increasing by 34.3% month on month and hiking by 59.4% year on year. Meanwhile, the export value amounted to about US$654 million.

Among them, Mexico accounted for the largest proportion of Latin American steel exports to the US, with about 325,000 tons, slightly increasing by 1.8% month on month and growing by 13.2% year on year.

In the first nine months, the US’ steel imports from Latin America amounted to 5.99 million tons, slightly increasing by 0.7% year on year.

In the same period, Mexico’s steel exports to the US totaled 3.09 million tons, dropping by 20.5% from the same period a year ago.