WASHINGTON (Scrap Register): United States domestic raw steel production was 1,320,000 net tons in the week ending on July 25, 2020 while the capability utilization rate was 58.9 percent, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) said in its weekly report.

Production was 1,847,000 net tons in the week ending July 25, 2019 while the capability utilization then was 79.4 percent. The current week production represents a 28.5 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year.

Production for the week ending July 25, 2020 is up 1.1 percent from the previous week ending July 18, 2020 when production was 1,306,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 58.3 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through July 25, 2020 was 44,553,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 66.1 percent. That is down 20 percent from the 55,707,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 80.9 percent.

Broken down by districts, here's production for the week ending July 25, 2020 in thousands of net tons: North East: 133; Great Lakes: 471; Midwest: 129; Southern: 524 and Western: 63 for a total of 1320.