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Trump tariffs drive record sales at largest US metals processor

By Joe Williams
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Trump tariffs drive record sales at largest US metals processor

The nation’s top metals processor says business has surged following the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

“Improved demand, a limited amount of customer pre-buying as a result of announced tariffs, and normal seasonal patterns” pushed first-quarter shipments up 10 percent from a year earlier, yielding a record quarterly sales volume of 1.6 million tons, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. said Thursday.

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