I-WASHINGTON, DC– I-American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) ibike namuhla ukuthi ngenyanga kaJulayi 2019, izimboni zensimbi zase-US zithumele amathani angu-8,115,103, ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-5.1 kusuka kumathani angu-7,718,499 athunyelwe ngenyanga edlule, ngoJuni 2019, kanye nokwanda ngamaphesenti angu-2.6 kusuka kumathani angu-7,911,228 athunyelwe ngoJulayi 2018. Ukuthunyelwa konyaka kuze kube manje ngo-2019 kungamathani angu-56,338,348, ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-2.0 uma kuqhathaniswa nokuthunyelwa ngo-2018 kwamathani angu-55,215,285 izinyanga eziyisikhombisa.

Ukuqhathaniswa kokuthunyelwa kukaJulayi nenyanga edlule kaJuni kukhombisa izinguquko ezilandelayo: amashidi asongiwe abandayo, akhuphuke ngo-9%, amashidi asongiwe ashisayo, akhuphuke ngo-6%, kanye namashidi afakwe ngogesi ashisayo kanye ne-strip, akukho shintsho