Certainly, the steel exports continue to account for a low percentage of total steel shipments.

Just look at the high level of steel shipments.

There is little consensus among executives and economists on how much steel shipments will decline.

Still, some executives think steel shipments will drop, in part because customers have been reducing their inventories.

They also wanted more steel shipments to South Korea.

The two auto makers account for about 10 percent of the steel shipments in the United States.

The chairman said that Bethlehem expected the level of steel shipments to improve in the third quarter.

To be sure, steel exports continue to account for a low percentage of total steel shipments.

Bridgeport, which handled steel shipments until the late 1980's, now handles only fruit.

In 1980, member sales climbed to over $1 billion with steel shipments exceeding 1 million tons.