Are you buying now because you anticipate higher prices?

[Somafunk]

because he's lying

what a dick

(Edit - the following pics do not belong in this thread but were posted as a rebuttal to what Nih Noh posted calling me a liar and a dick, I see his original posts have been removed, I may be a lot of things but lying is not one of my strong points)


Sigh……

https://flic.kr/p/22Jcqu

https://flic.kr/p/2nCEruA

I mostly raced 24hr or multi day endurance races

https://flic.kr/p/2MTadf

https://flic.kr/p/R9JDM

How many more would you like?,

https://flic.kr/p/Lfnco

I’m getting annoyed looking at my pics of when I was fit n’ able to ride so I’ll quit posting

 

[Nih Noh]

the racing is cool though

it's the only way to measure yourself

 

[Groove01]

the racing is cool though

it's the only way to measure yourself

 

[antcollinet]

There was an article yesterday about a UK stainless steel maker that was saved by the trade agreement with US last week.

No one has been saved by anything yet. The trade agreement does not exist. I it is little more than a statement of intent at this stage - with precious little detail to back it up.

 

[antcollinet]

you look like you have a girlfriend in thailand

And you sound a bit like you got a ladyboy in Thailand that rides you like a bike.

Please guys, we are not in the school playground. Not here.

 

[Audionaut]

Steel and aluminum: Taxes on steel and what the Brits call “aluminium” (adorable) will be scrapped.

What do you mean by that?
Aluminum is not aluminum in the UK?

 

[Audionaut]

I checked what US American goods I have in my household.
Physically - very little.
All appliances, cars, furniture, building materials and tools come from Germany, Japan, EU and China.

It's only bourbon, computer CPUs and software that I own that are made or designed in the US.

So my reasons for buying something right now because of US tariffs are not worth mentioning.

Many other things, especially from China and Japan, are currently cheaper in the EU and Germany.

 

[Mart68]

What do you mean by that?
Aluminum is not aluminum in the UK?

''Both aluminum and aluminium have a long history of use referring to the metallic element (commonly used as foil to cover food). They both date to the early 19th century, stemming from the word alumina. Aluminum became preferred in the United States and Canada, while aluminium became favored throughout the rest of the English-speaking world.''

'Aluminum' or 'Aluminium'?

A tale of two spellings

www.merriam-webster.com

This site's spell check flags 'aluminum' and 'favored' as incorrect spellings. Make of that what you will.

 

[Noske]

Responding to Noske

I just did read the article and, quite predictably, it does not contain an answer to the questions I posed. There was this...

"However, on March 12, a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports and derivative products is expected to be implemented."

(emboldening mine) Which suggests to this ancient researcher, that the real story might be buried well below the click bait. Going forward, the numbers might well include the steel weight in derivative products but there is nothing I saw to suggest that the present data sets do. Plus there is plenty of space in the grey parts of the charts to hide a great deal of trans-shipped product, of which there is no mention.

BTW, I had a key to the locked collections probably long before you were born.

Here you go -

From the sources in the linked document. I did mention the word research; I thought that was an overstatement, as it was just a single mouse click. I was wrong.

1. Flat (carbon and alloy)
2. Semi-finished (carbon and alloy)
3. Pipe and tube (carbon and alloy)
4. Long (carbon and alloy)
5. Stainless
6 Other (carbon and alloy).

A monthly barchart is provided with these categories for each of the previous 12 months, plus provisional data for April and May 2025.

Monthly aggregated historic numbers are provided for each country. More information than I can poke a stick at.

You're welcome.

 

[Chr1]

This site's spell check flags 'aluminum' and 'favored' as incorrect spellings. Make of that what you will.

Ella says:

"Potato, potato

Tomato, tomato.

Let's call the whole thing off."

 

[Audionaut]

The USA is very strong in domestic production in software, food and pharmaceuticals.
In electronics, luxury goods and parts of the automotive industry, on the other hand, it is heavily dependent on imports.
In agricultural goods, the USA is also relatively export-oriented.
This means that almost everything is becoming more expensive and more difficult to procure, especially for the US-Americans themselves.
All of this is quite a shot in the arm, but the "administration" and the US population seem to be realizing this themselves.

 

[Noske]

Sigh……


How many more would you like?,

https://flic.kr/p/Lfnco

Edit - and I read somewhere (lost the link) that Taiwan was getting all stocked up with push-bikes to export to the USA for its summer, as it does each year.

Oops.

 

[antcollinet]

What do you mean by that?
Aluminum is not aluminum in the UK?

No, we speak English over here. English for aluminum is aluminium.

 

[Chr1]

Evolution of language... Wonder if this all stemmed from a simple spelling mistake many years ago?

Similarly: colour, flavour etc.

 

[Marc v E]

Wonder if this all stemmed from a simple spelling mistake many years ago?

Similarly: colour, flavour etc...

It wouldn't surprise me if it just is the natural way a language progresses. America and the UK are diverging in language.

The same happened between Belgium, Flanders and The Netherlands. We share the same language but there are differences in pronounciation and meaning.

After all, most European languages are related. Latin being the basis of most, but not all. Dutch is basically a mixture of Latin, German, French, English and Nordic influences.

Oh and by the way, English and French are closely related.

 

[diablo]

"Noah Webster, a key figure in American linguistics, published his own dictionary in the early 19th century.
Webster aimed to simplify English spelling and remove what he saw as inconsistencies.
His changes, such as dropping the “u” from “colour” and standardizing the “-ize” suffix, became widely accepted in the United States.
In contrast, British English maintained many of the traditional spellings used before Webster’s reforms."

American vs. British Spelling: A Comprehensive Guide

American vs. British Spelling: A Comprehensive Guide. Learn American vs. British Spelling: A Comprehensive Guide.

loveyouenglish.com

 

[Timcognito]

I tell you what I'm not buying. I'm not buying all this this tangent talk. Time to get back to tariffs, products and prices. These petty and condescending arguments will just end up shutting down the thread.

 

[Chr1]

Indeed. Tariffs are fascinating.

(Sorry)

 

[PristineSound]

Indeed. Tariffs are fascinating.

(Sorry)

The word 'fascinating" wouldn't be my choice to describe tariff, especially there are so many words available.

 

[Titurel]

Here you go -

From the sources in the linked document. I did mention the word research; I thought that was an overstatement, as it was just a single mouse click. I was wrong.

1. Flat (carbon and alloy)
2. Semi-finished (carbon and alloy)
3. Pipe and tube (carbon and alloy)
4. Long (carbon and alloy)
5. Stainless
6 Other (carbon and alloy).

A monthly barchart is provided with these categories for each of the previous 12 months, plus provisional data for April and May 2025.

Monthly aggregated historic numbers are provided for each country. More information than I can poke a stick at.

You're welcome.

For what? Your answer is still not responsive to my query. You provide a list of "raw" steel deliverables (pipe, billet, etc.) and various steel types (alloys), but provide nothing about large products predominantly made from steel, like bridge sections, derricks, etc., one of the prongs of the original query. Nor is there any mention of trans-shipped steel, the second prong.