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Market Update
The Gerdau Market Update tracks and analyzes over 100 data streams that affect long steel consumption, attempting to provide the latest on market trends. Below, you will find the most recent information about Macroeconomics, Steel Econometrics, Construction and Manufacturing as it becomes available.
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U.S. Steel Rebar Final Imports: Final Rebar Imports to the U.S. came in at 139,134 tons for the month of June 2025, up 71% m/m.
U.S. Steel Merchant Final Imports: Final Merchant Imports to the U.S. came in at 16,894 tons in June 2025, decreasing 16% month over month (m/m).
U.S. Fabricated Beam Final Imports: Final fabricated beam imports to the U.S. came in at 42,882 tons in June 2025, increasing 14.4% month over month (m/m).
U.S. Steel Beam Final Imports: Final beam imports to the U.S. came in at 33,195 tons for June 2025, up 31.7% since last month. These include: Angles, Shapes and H Sections, Angles, Shapes and I Sections, Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Hot-rolled, and Other H Sections.
Architectural Billings Index: May’s 2025 national Architectural Billings Index of 47.2 was down from April’s 43.2, which is below the expansionary zone, (>50). U.S. architecture firms specializing in Institutional and Residential all reported a decrease in design activity in May.
Construction Put-in-Place, (CPIP): Total U.S. construction spending continued to perform well in May 2025, especially in the public sector. Census Bureau non-seasonally adjusted (NSA), constant dollar CPIP data showed that May’s three month total (3MT) construction expenditures decreased by 0.1% year on year (y/y) to 432.8 billion. On a 12MT basis, private expenditures decreased by 0.2% y/y.