US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA

Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  JUL07 AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 AUG08 SEP08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products $945 $986 $1,055 $990 $1,019 $1,147 $1,130 $1,202 $1,185 $1,459 $1,247 $1,269 $1,350 $1,278 $1,289 $1,364
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products $738 $748 $789 $796 $850 $906 $902 $902 $907 $1,035 $1,005 $1,066 $1,155 $1,153 $1,170 $1,301
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A $1,106 $1,016 $1,000 $1,057 $979 $1,102 $983 $947 $950 $1,051 $1,107 $1,153 $1,264 $1,284 $1,307 $1,374
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $829 $1,250 $922 $886 $943 $1,056 $1,065 $931 $1,176 $1,206 $1,219 $1,011 $901 $986 $984 $1,012
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $771 $731 $780 $726 $765 $818 $705 $778 $735 $816 $839 $922 $990 $1,013 $1,000 $1,136
M Line Pipe -- C & A $734 $717 $661 $664 $650 $673 $821 $732 $733 $806 $794 $833 $955 $1,034 $1,016 $1,136
M Wire Rods -- C & A $497 $499 $501 $545 $735 $478 $632 $754 $984 . $779 $848 $896 $875 $879 $1,175
M Wire Drawn -- C & A $877 $927 $943 $987 $992 $1,013 $1,066 $1,084 $1,087 $1,094 $1,122 $1,242 $1,361 $1,463 $1,431 $1,462
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $612 $608 $608 $573 $561 $550 $588 $605 $632 $663 $732 $775 $1,003 $1,045 $1,037 $1,093
M Standard Pipe -- C & A $635 $618 $671 $698 $829 $1,027 $1,176 $1,170 $1,391 $1,222 $1,229 $1,197 $1,330 $1,343 $1,382 $1,466
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $1,045 $845 $864 $825 $848 $817 $793 $861 $880 $832 $897 $986 $1,118 $1,192 $1,160 $1,274
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $728 $983 $864 $1,001 $1,094 $1,233 $1,127 $1,399 $1,298 $1,386 $1,589 $1,251 $1,653 $1,567 $1,603 $1,468
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $778 $1,760 $714 $798 $869 $1,370 $1,027 $1,404 $927 $1,250 $1,109 $949 $1,692 $1,239 $1,252 $1,332
M Rails All Other -- C & A $589 $835 $586 $868 $610 $604 $840 $625 $617 $997 $1,075 $1,094 $1,100 $672 $656 $1,255
M Tin Plate -- C & A $726 $725 $728 $725 $730 $728 $984 $733 $820 $857 $825 $935 $820 $907 $878 $898
M Tool Steel -- C & A $3,696 $4,171 $4,223 $3,795 $5,206 $4,544 $4,236 $3,617 $3,580 $4,676 $4,261 $4,544 $5,244 $3,970 $3,959 $4,552
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A $1,027 $960 $1,824 $937 $1,753 $1,330 $2,563 $1,221 $1,413 $2,541 $1,750 $1,928 $1,304 $1,507 $1,462 $1,722
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $567 $578 $684 $595 $701 $1,371 $1,508 $902 $2,495 $1,881 $1,757 $1,527 $1,913 $1,392 $1,413 $1,995
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $782 $1,085 $1,375 $1,800 $1,090 $1,588 $1,451 $1,737 $1,266 $1,155 $1,153 $1,597 $1,303 $1,448 $1,390 $1,805
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $1,059 $731 $3,527 $753 $3,527 $709 $711 $3,527 $1,236 $2,970 $1,386 $910 $1,287 $1,265 $1,300 $1,379
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $796 $1,029 $1,053 $969 $749 $986 $1,071 $921 $1,380 $1,871 $1,807 $1,642 $1,853 $1,592 $1,539 $1,504
M Black Plate -- C & A $678 $664 $686 $598 . $606 $634 $660 $679 $745 . $856 $1,001 $1,040 $1,040 $1,219
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $698 . $465 $1,811 $880 $1,411 $1,004 $1,145 $1,560 $1,039 $1,503 $2,248 $2,283 $1,471 $2,545 $1,785
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $550 $669 $677 $616 $648 $708 $819 $1,611 $1,050 $2,289 $1,742 $2,592 $2,346 $1,416 $1,613 $2,041
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $724 $676 $1,602 $528 $497 $629 $769 $834 $1,167 $2,113 $994 $967 $1,072 $1,102 $1,164 $1,295
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $2,466 $5,289 $5,733 . $2,868 $95,125 $2,645 $4,384 $1,739 $780 . $1,567 $1,749 $1,149 $1,075 $3,996
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $910 $829 $1,486 $1,413 $1,053 $3,255 $1,977 $1,991 $2,145 $2,358 $2,390 $15,660 $2,521 $2,422 $2,491 $2,521
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A $742 $726 $640 $712 $892 $657 $707 $756 . $512 $812 $786 $782 $910 $884 $1,340
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A $651 . $910 $1,004 $952 $942 $1,101 $1,071 $1,118 . $1,268 $1,148 $1,344 $1,422 $1,423 $1,050
M Rails Standard -- C & A $830 $543 $828 $579 . $1,263 $752 . . $986 . $883 $1,163 . . .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $8,318 . $14,076 $944 $1,113 $2,402 $15,227 $1,276 $1,762 $1,605 $518 $518 $2,970 . $3,490 $3,841
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A . $653 . $1,594 . . $2,829 . . $1,220 $705 $1,400 . $1,440 . .
M Plates in Coils -- C & A $1,572 . . $837 . $731 $1,192 . $2,203 . . $2,904 . $2,947 $2,947 $3,741
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $516 $614 $581 $650 . $907 . $801 . . $1,032 . . . $1,124 .
M Steel Piling -- C & A $1,150 . . . . . . . . . $725 . . . . $13,603
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $943 . . $509 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . . . . . $703 . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products $5,185 $5,483 $4,986 $5,350 $4,606 $4,569 $4,435 $4,315 $4,441 $4,093 $4,219 $4,493 $4,418 $4,662 $3,813 $4,046
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $4,850 $4,916 $5,318 $4,256 $3,630 $3,331 $3,416 $3,890 $4,014 $3,910 $4,103 $4,290 $4,181 $4,175 $4,235 $3,872
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $6,799 $7,000 $5,034 $7,498 $7,853 $7,398 $6,927 $6,748 $6,843 $4,975 $7,375 $7,911 $8,718 $8,320 $4,637 $7,766
M Oil Country Goods -- S $3,642 $2,335 $2,064 $3,783 $2,087 $4,027 $3,192 $3,434 $2,610 $3,950 $2,734 $2,817 $3,182 $4,225 $4,089 $2,997
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S $5,419 $6,057 $5,979 $5,197 $4,659 $4,686 $5,065 $4,970 $4,940 $4,630 $4,597 $4,949 $5,355 $4,652 $4,671 $5,553
M Plates in Coils -- S $4,254 $4,038 $4,911 $3,969 $4,135 $4,812 $5,463 $3,884 $3,752 $4,030 $3,728 $4,048 $4,118 $4,013 $3,973 $3,785
M Wire Drawn -- S $5,545 $5,477 $5,366 $4,430 $3,909 $4,582 $4,577 $4,997 $4,974 $4,009 $4,383 $5,202 $4,635 $4,617 $4,401 $4,188
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $4,218 $5,222 $5,274 $5,007 $4,281 $3,328 $5,206 $3,717 $3,994 $3,752 $4,342 $4,302 $4,321 $4,368 $5,882 $1,887
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $4,027 $5,309 $5,870 $4,508 $5,648 $5,393 $4,201 $4,819 $16,868 $3,938 $3,906 $2,234 $3,680 $3,902 $3,735 $3,787
M Wire Rods -- S $2,484 $2,586 $2,086 $2,219 $2,279 $2,079 $1,863 $2,229 $1,829 $3,404 $2,238 $1,980 $2,811 $2,944 $2,944 $2,482
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S $3,976 $6,463 $7,063 $7,625 $5,477 $6,727 $5,833 $5,976 $4,823 $6,534 $6,309 $7,097 $6,590 $5,104 $6,013 $6,347
M Line Pipe -- S $1,412 $983 $1,531 $1,965 $6,138 $3,286 $7,093 $4,325 $5,873 $6,208 $4,732 $24,721 $4,854 $2,109 $1,374 $1,651
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S $4,239 $5,446 $2,056 $5,655 $4,887 $3,140 $5,817 $6,779 $7,163 $3,559 $4,943 $6,783 $3,300 $2,240 $109,890 $4,606
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $15,257 $13,213 $11,569 $12,454 $20,183 $12,483 $15,507 $6,258 $45,752 $18,024 $20,384 $14,292 $12,109 $13,271 $12,122 $20,876
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . . . $2,225 $4,993 . $7,393 $2,608 . . . $5,233 . $3,935 $3,355 $5,965
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S . $4,011 . . $4,794 . $14,441 . . $5,726 $4,239 . $4,043 . $13,765 .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . $6,594 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: September 23, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through September 23, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through August 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
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