According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), US domestic raw steel production for the week ending February 15, 2025, was 1.670 million net tons, with a capacity utilization rate of 75.0 percent. This represents a 0.3 percent decrease from the previous week, when production was 1.675 million net tons, and the capacity utilization rate was 75.2 percent.

In comparison, production was 1.726 million net tons for the same week in 2024, with a capacity utilization of 77.7 percent, indicating a 3.2 percent decrease year-over-year. Adjusted year-to-date production through February 15, 2025, was 10.879 million net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 74.3 percent, down 0.3 percent from the 10.912 million net tons produced during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 75.4 percent.