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May 16, 2012
U.S. imports and exports of brass mill products fell in March compared with the corresponding 2011 period, according to the latest report from the Copper and Brass Fabricators Council, Washington, D.C.
Imports of brass mill products in March totaled 43.5 million pounds, down from 44.0 million pounds in March 2011, a decrease of 0.9 percent. Exports totaled 21.2 million pounds in March, down from 24.0 million during the same month last year, an 11.7 percent decrease.
For the year to date through March, imports of brass mill products totaled 119.5 million pounds, an increase of 4.3 percent from 2011. Exports for the first quarter totaled 59.4 million pounds, 2.1 percent better than the first three months of last year.
Canada was the leading destination for U.S. exports of brass mill products in March at 7.2 million pounds, followed by Mexico at 6.8 million pounds, China at 1.4 million pounds, Saudi Arabia at 929,338 pounds and South Korea at 607,343 pounds.
Imports from Germany in March totaled 9.7 million pounds, followed by South Korea at 5.6 million pounds, Mexico at 4.4 million pounds, China at 3.8 million pounds and Canada at 3.7 million pounds.
Imports of all copper and brass sheet, strip, plate and foil products totaled 13.6 million pounds, while exports of those products totaled 8.2 million pounds. Imports of all pipe and tube products totaled 13.3 million pounds, while pipe and tube exports totaled 5.7 million pounds.
Imports of all profiles, rods and bars totaled 13,166,253 pounds, while exports totaled 5,326,160 pounds. Imports of copper alloy wire totaled 3,409,249 pounds, while exports totaled 2,006,746 pounds.
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