WASHINGTON, DC– Mokhatlo oa Amerika oa Tšepe le Tšepe (AISI) o tlalehile kajeno hore bakeng sa khoeli ea Phupu 2019, lifeme tsa tšepe tsa US li rometse lithane tse 8,115,103 tsa thepa e tala, keketseho ea 5.1% ho tloha ho lithane tse 7,718,499 tse tala tse rometsoeng khoeling e fetileng, Phuptjane 2019, le keketseho ea 2.6% ho tloha ho lithane tse 7,911,228 tse rometsoeng ka Phupu 2018. Lithomello selemo le selemo ka 2019 ke lithane tse 56,338,348 tsa thepa e tala, keketseho ea 2.0% ha e bapisoa le thepa e 2018 ea lithane tse 55,215,285 tsa thepa e tala ka likhoeli tse supileng.

Papiso ea thepa e rometsoeng ka Phupu le khoeli e fetileng ea Phuptjane e bontša liphetoho tse latelang: maqephe a phuthoang a batang, a nyolohile ka 9%, maqephe a phuthoang a chesang, a nyolohile ka 6%, le maqephe a galvanized a qoelitsoeng ka mocheso le moqolo, ha ho na phetoho