Delayed publication of US raw material import, export data

Due to “a lapse in federal funding,” US Census Bureau trade data will not be updated until after the government shutdown is resolved, the US Census Bureau website said on Tuesday October 7.

Fastmarkets typically publishes ferrous, non-ferrous scrap and raw material data after it is released, within the first 10 days of each calendar month.

Data provided by the US Census Bureau is published with a 60-day lag, so data provided in October would reflect August trade data.

For more information, or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of these articles, please contact Amy Hinton by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Amy Hinton re: US monthly import/export data.”

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