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Steel Imports Jump to $2.2 billion

Steel Imports jump 4.2% in June 2026 to $2.2 billion and up 1.1% from a year earlier. Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven pull-forward,…

Steel Imports jump 4.2% in June 2026 to $2.2 billion and up 1.1% from a year earlier. Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven pull-forward, not a demand turn.

• June 2026: $2.2 billion
• on the month: +4.2%
• on the year: +1.1%

Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven pull-forward, not a demand turn.

The print sits 76% of the way up the archived range of $1.6 billion (November 2025) to $2.4 billion (May 2025), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against June 2025, which printed $2.2 billion. Source: Census International Trade. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.

Published 2026-08-17.