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November shipping rate ahead of last year; execs predict good 1st half.

Publication: Metal Center News
Publication Date: 01-JAN-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: November shipping rate ahead of last year; execs predict good 1st half.(CBSA)

Article Excerpt
Service centers' average daily shipping rate in November 2005 was 8.1 percent ahead of the same month one year earlier. Total shipments for the month were up the same amount, with copper shipments up 10.5 percent and alloy shipments gaining 6.4 percent. The three largest poundage categories--copper sheet, 200 series brass sheet and 300 series rod and bar--were up 13.2 percent, 11.6 percent, and 4.2 percent, respectively, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association.

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