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Steel Imports Fall to $2.2 billion

Steel Imports fall 2.4% in July 2026 to $2.2 billion and down 8.3% from a year earlier. Import customs value combines transaction values, quantity, and product and origin mix, so this swing cannot be labeled demand,…

Steel Imports fall 2.4% in July 2026 to $2.2 billion and down 8.3% from a year earlier. Import customs value combines transaction values, quantity, and product and origin mix, so this swing cannot be labeled demand, restocking, or tariff pull-forward without separate evidence.

• July 2026: $2.2 billion
• on the month: -2.4%
• on the year: -8.3%

Import customs value combines transaction values, quantity, and product and origin mix, so this swing cannot be labeled demand, restocking, or tariff pull-forward without separate evidence.

The print sits 69% 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 July 2025, which printed $2.4 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 2026-09-23.