March 25, 2016 the week, the US domestic crude steel production of 1.72 million short tons, capacity utilization rate of 72.8%. The same period last year production of 168.5 million short tons, capacity utilization rate of 72.1%. Crude steel production rose 2.4% YoY, down 1.3% YoY. March 18, 2016 the week, the US domestic crude steel production was 1.767 million short tons, capacity utilization rate of 73.7%.

Adjusted to March 25, 2016, 2016 US cumulative crude steel production of 20.859 million short tons, capacity utilization rate of 73.4%, an increase of 4.4%. The same period in 2016 were 1997.2 million short tons and 71.3%.

Week crude steel production by region, the Northeast region 20.4 million short tons, the Great Lakes region 666,000 short tons, 168,000 short tons in the central and western regions, the southern 59.4 million short tons, the western 93,000 short tons. The statistic covers about 90% of US crude steel production capacity.