Iron and Steel Industry -- Summary statistics

[For financial data, the universe in 1992 consists of the companies that produced 68 percent of the total reported raw steel production. The financial data represent the operations of the steel segment of the companies. Minus sign (-) indicates net loss]



ITEM	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
																					prel.

Steel mill products, apparent supply..............................................................	Mil. tons ¹	95.2	105.4	76.4	83.5	98.9	96.4	90.0	95.9	102.7	96.8	97.8	88.3	95.0	104.6	121.3	114.8	125.0	131.0	138.4	_______
Net shipments..............................................................	Mil. tons ¹	83.9	88.5	61.6	67.6	73.7	73.0	70.3	76.7	83.8	84.1	85.0	78.8	82.2	89.0	95.1	97.5	100.9	105.9	102.4	106.2
Exports..............................................................	Mil. tons ¹	4.1	2.9	1.8	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	4.6	4.3	6.3	4.3	4.0	3.8	7.1	5.0	6.0	5.5	5.4
Imports..............................................................	Mil. tons ¹	15.5	19.9	16.7	17.1	26.2	24.3	20.7	20.4	20.9	17.3	17.2	15.8	17.1	19.5	30.1	24.4	29.2	31.2	41.5	35.7
Scrap consumed..............................................................	Mil. tons ¹	66.6	68.3	43.7	49.0	51.8	53.2	49.7	51.7	56.3	51.7	50.1	50.5	51.9	58.5	60.0	62.0	62.0	64.0	60.6	_______
Scrap inventory..............................................................	Mil. tons ¹	6.9	7.1	5.5	5.0	4.4	4.0	3.4	3.8	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.3	3.6	4.0	4.1	5.3	5.0	4.5	_______
Iron and steel products: Exports..............................................................	Mil. tons ¹	5.1	3.8	2.6	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.7	2.8	5.4	5.3	7.4	5.3	4.7	4.9	8.2	6.2	7.4	6.9	_______
Imports..............................................................	Mil. tons ¹	17.9	22.6	18.8	19.3	29.5	27.6	24.2	23.8	25.7	22.1	21.9	20.2	21.9	21.8	32.7	27.3	32.1	34.4	45.4	_______
Capacity by steelmaking process..............................................................	Mil. net tons	153.7	154.3	154.0	150.6	135.3	133.6	127.9	112.2	112.0	115.9	116.7	117.6	113.1	109.9	108.2	112.4	116.1	121.4	125.3	_______

Revenue..............................................................	Bil. dol.	37.7	43.8	28.7	25.0	30.3	28.4	25.0	27.1	32.7	31.8	30.9	27.1	26.9	29.5	34.1	35.1	35.0	35.9	35.8	_______
Net income..............................................................	Bil. dol.	0.7	1.7	-3.4	-2.2	(-Z)	-1.8	-4.1	1.0	-0.6	1.6	0.1	-2.0	-4.1	1.9	1.3	1.5	0.4	1.1	1.0	_______
Stockholders' equity..............................................................	Bil. dol.	14.5	15.4	11.3	8.2	9.4	6.9	2.4	3.0	2.2	2.1	2.1	4.3	2.8	-0.6	3.7	7.4	10.2	10.9	10.8	_______
Total assets..............................................................	Bil. dol.	30.8	31.7	27.9	25.5	26.2	24.0	21.0	21.9	24.2	24.6	28.3	27.4	28.8	30.6	34.3	35.1	35.8	37.0	40.1	_______
Capital expenditures..............................................................	Bil. dol.	2.7	2.4	2.3	1.9	1.2	1.6	0.9	1.2	1.8	2.3	2.6	2.3	1.8	1.5	2.2	2.5	2.3	2.6	2.7	_______
Working capital ratio ²..............................................................	Ratio	1.6	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.8	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.5	_______
Inventories..............................................................	Bil. dol.	4.7	5.4	4.0	3.3	4.2	3.5	3.0	3.4	3.8	4.0	4.7	4.4	4.5	4.6	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.6	6.6	_______

Average employment..............................................................	1,000	399	391	289	243	236	208	175	163	169	169	164	146	140	127	126	123	119	112	110	_______
Hours worked..............................................................	Million	758	753	526	475	474	419	356	354	363	360	350	304	293	274	273	269	259	247	240	_______
Index of output, all employees ³..............................................................	1987=100	65.4	69.3	60.6	73.8	81.3	85.8	89.7	100	112.6	108.0	109.6	107.8	117.1	133.5	142.4	142.7	153.6	(NA)	(NA)	_______

Producer price indexes: ⁴
Iron and steel, total..............................................................	1982=100	90.0	98.5	100.0	101.3	105.3	104.8	101.1	104.6	115.7	119.1	117.2	114.1	111.5	116.0	122.0	128.8	125.8	126.5	122.6	_______
Steel mill products..............................................................	1982=100	86.6	96.6	100.0	100.9	104.7	104.7	99.8	102.3	110.7	114.5	112.1	109.5	106.4	108.2	113.4	120.1	115.6	116.4	113.9	_______
Electrometallurgical products	1982=100	97.1	99.9	100.0	97.7	97.3	95.6	94.2	97.1	119.6	129.4	120.1	116.9	115.5	115.7	117.0	126.0	157.7	163.0	158.9	_______
Iron ore..............................................................	1982=100	87.8	96.3	100.0	101.2	101.2	97.5	91.5	84.2	82.8	82.8	83.3	83.6	83.7	82.7	82.7	91.8	96.7	96.3	95.5	_______
Scrap, iron and steel..............................................................	1982=100	140.9	140.6	100.0	107.4	123.7	112.6	109.6	128.4	177.1	173.7	166.0	147.6	139.2	172.5	192.9	202.7	191.1	188.9	164.9	_______
Foundry and forge shop products..............................................................	1982=100	89.7	95.4	100.0	101.6	104.4	105.2	105.2	105.7	109.6	114.6	117.2	119.0	120.1	121.3	123.9	129.3	132.6	134.1	135.0	_______

NA Not available. Z Less than $50 million.
1 In millions of short tons.
2 Current assets to current liabilities.
3 Index of output per employee hour for SIC group 331. See table 663. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4 See also table 752. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Indexes, monthly and annual.

Source: Except as noted, American Iron and Steel Institute, Washington, DC, Annual Statistical Report (copyright).

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* Steel is a metal composed of iron plus varying amounts of carbon as well as other elements such as chromium, nickel, molybdenum, zirconium, vanadium, tungsten, and so on.

Different types of steel - that is, steel with different properties and characteristics - are produced by adjusting the chemical composition and adapting any of the different stages of the steelmaking process, such as rolling, finishing and heat treatment. As each of these factors can be modified, there is potentially virtually no limit to the number of different steels that can be made. Currently there are over 3,000 catalogued grades available (chemical compositions) of steel, not counting those created to meet custom demand, ranging from basic grades (such as for railway tracks) to sophisticated high-alloy and stainless grades for specialised applications.

Products

Steel slabs, billets and blooms are known as semi-finished products. Finished products include: hot- or cold-rolled flat products (such as plates, coils or sheets) and hot-rolled long products (such as wire, bars, rails or beams.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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