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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 67,071 tons for the month of July 2025, down 51.8% m/m.
U.S. Steel Merchant Final Imports: Final Merchant Imports to the U.S. came in at 14,024 tons in July 2025, decreasing 17% month over month (m/m).
U.S. Fabricated Beam Final Imports: Final fabricated beam imports to the U.S. came in at 39,126 tons in July 2025, decreasing 8.8% month over month (m/m).
U.S. Steel Beam Final Imports: Final beam imports to the U.S. came in at 48,963 tons for July 2025, up 48% 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.
Construction Put-in-Place, (CPIP): Total U.S. construction spending continued to perform well in July 2025, especially in the public sector. Census Bureau non-seasonally adjusted (NSA), constant dollar CPIP data showed that July’s three month total (3MT) construction expenditures decreased by 1.2% year on year (y/y) to 476.9 billion. On a 12MT basis, private expenditures decreased by 2.5% y/y.
ISM Manufacturing Index: The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index moved up 0.7% (m/m) to 48.7 for August 2025; this value is weaker than the forecast of 50. The new orders sub-index scored at 51.4. Overall, the ISM manufacturing index is strong, while the global economy is beginning to strengthen again following shutdowns throughout Covid-19.