US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM JAPAN

Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
Same Table - Metric Tons

Same Table - US Dollars

'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 $1,021 $1,020 $1,174 $1,378 $1,298 $1,408 $1,065 $1,351 $1,106 $1,008 $1,330 $1,341 $1,168 $1,337 $1,400 $1,534
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products $920 $843 $940 $1,088 $1,001 $1,148 $925 $1,084 $957 $902 $1,111 $1,137 $1,046 $1,196 $1,201 $1,379
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $554 $556 $537 $532 $513 . $531 . $582 $650 $655 $873 $913 $956 $969 $1,124
M Line Pipe -- C & A $1,167 $1,004 $1,603 $1,106 $1,117 $1,311 $1,200 $1,596 $1,125 $1,096 $1,188 $1,225 $1,237 $1,227 $1,200 $1,248
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $857 $857 $881 $908 $902 $887 $923 $930 $948 $942 $971 $994 $993 $1,004 $1,017 $1,118
M Rails Standard -- C & A $711 $717 $724 $780 $722 $900 $763 $828 $789 $757 $706 $958 $868 $955 $956 $820
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $521 $503 $891 $795 . $442 $496 $782 $442 $515 $739 $826 $713 $914 $1,075 $1,292
M Wire Rods -- C & A $746 $667 $693 $711 $705 $627 $628 $760 $642 $663 $678 $688 $767 $728 $731 $892
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,013 $956 $847 $851 $822 $833 $915 $935 $842 $1,007 $903 $981 $923 $1,199 $1,149 $1,193
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A $4,871 $2,057 $1,491 $3,110 $4,174 $4,345 $1,526 $3,286 $2,234 $2,040 $3,005 $1,763 $1,771 $2,736 $2,463 $2,393
M Wire Drawn -- C & A $1,414 $1,317 $1,364 $1,349 $1,313 $1,334 $1,362 $1,351 $1,423 $1,406 $1,497 $1,519 $1,527 $1,669 $1,820 $1,926
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $873 $965 $1,157 $890 $1,125 $690 $1,061 $972 $1,087 $958 $1,486 $1,124 $994 $1,087 $1,179 $1,436
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $975 $884 $1,110 $1,142 $1,163 $988 $998 $1,394 $877 $1,016 $1,082 $1,097 $1,226 $1,253 $1,254 $1,352
M Tool Steel -- C & A $1,262 $1,363 $1,252 $1,344 $1,510 $1,370 $1,359 $1,376 $1,466 $1,316 $1,395 $1,623 $1,478 $1,491 $1,543 $1,423
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,178 $1,333 $1,189 $1,226 $1,412 $1,226 $1,244 $1,218 $1,231 $1,260 $1,282 $1,348 $1,369 $1,362 $1,355 $1,498
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $1,091 $1,214 $1,049 $1,075 $980 $1,220 $865 $1,189 $1,277 $1,284 $1,343 $1,593 $1,080 $1,463 $1,392 $1,570
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $884 $799 $734 $769 $801 $535 $841 $870 $663 $755 $790 $672 $864 $782 $803 $879
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $3,040 $2,614 $2,343 $2,886 $1,802 $2,666 $2,766 $2,203 $2,679 $2,885 $2,738 $3,167 $3,109 $3,138 $3,172 $3,245
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A $877 $870 $955 $869 $931 $893 $957 $891 $896 $936 $932 $1,005 $958 $1,010 $1,010 .
M Standard Pipe -- C & A $1,144 $1,572 $1,586 $1,455 $1,238 $1,413 $1,309 $1,406 $1,268 $2,395 $1,346 $1,241 $2,404 $1,502 $1,564 $1,415
M Plates in Coils -- C & A $808 $809 $768 $734 $737 $771 $841 $857 $873 $759 $952 $884 $843 $766 $766 $834
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $752 $741 $737 $870 $1,060 $897 $1,116 $802 $815 $908 $809 $1,277 $1,152 $1,109 $1,097 $1,001
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $504 . $552 . $550 . $552 . $577 . . $675 . . $70,401 .
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $920 $919 $969 $1,702 $1,003 $1,111 $1,706 $1,283 $945 $1,081 $953 $1,651 $2,019 $1,819 $2,253 $1,658
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,251 $1,093 $1,166 $1,224 $1,264 $1,542 $1,257 $1,181 $1,099 $1,244 $1,280 $1,300 $1,323 $1,227 $1,343 $1,443
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $1,966 $1,950 $2,045 $2,056 $2,009 $1,768 $2,045 $1,669 $1,697 $1,523 $1,577 $2,180 $2,168 $1,912 $1,750 $1,993
M Black Plate -- C & A $791 $727 $730 $731 $781 $791 $735 $735 $798 $804 $773 $907 $801 $926 $924 $969
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,418 $1,748 $1,738 $1,054 $1,404 $1,115 $1,633 $1,673 $1,249 $1,509 $2,084 $1,800 $1,696 $1,837 $4,472 $3,252
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A $909 $497 $991 $957 $520 $1,037 . . $531 $531 . . $1,124 $1,254 $1,245 $1,265
M Rails All Other -- C & A $3,129 $985 $2,043 $4,277 . $1,240 $1,790 $979 $1,079 $1,136 $937 $1,444 $1,264 $515 $370 $962
M Tin Plate -- C & A $1,044 $1,002 $951 $984 $983 $958 $949 $969 $979 $1,023 $1,020 $1,007 $1,047 $1,011 $1,018 $1,059
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $3,295 $3,046 $3,132 $3,613 $3,082 $2,678 $3,652 $3,096 $3,506 $2,997 $3,349 $3,344 $3,203 $4,053 $4,191 $4,073
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A $3,229 $5,580 $5,372 $4,708 $5,405 $19,466 $3,242 $18,993 $6,193 $7,300 $4,790 $2,486 $4,690 $3,323 $3,328 $4,662
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $450 $953 $829 . $354 $654 $929 $741 . $1,014 $1,420 $1,482 $1,022 $1,305 $1,434 $1,888
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . . . . . . $518 $518 . . . . . $1,264 .
M Steel Piling -- C & A . . $725 . . . . $942 $725 $941 . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products $4,628 $5,475 $5,881 $5,865 $5,214 $4,745 $4,711 $5,212 $5,447 $4,699 $5,070 $5,778 $4,089 $4,504 $5,394 $5,538
M Oil Country Goods -- S $2,954 $4,744 $6,540 $4,678 $5,335 $4,988 $3,668 $4,597 $4,064 $4,124 $4,213 $6,052 $2,162 $3,809 $4,744 $6,114
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $1,380 $1,191 $1,415 $1,052 $1,737 $1,258 $1,355 $1,881 $1,347 $1,387 $1,541 $1,484 $1,641 $1,574 $1,540 $1,561
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $9,841 $9,804 $11,579 $11,022 $9,238 $10,737 $9,164 $12,692 $11,158 $9,179 $14,026 $11,336 $9,154 $8,942 $8,190 $8,987
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $9,334 $8,442 $8,372 $8,447 $10,093 $7,421 $10,456 $7,877 $8,695 $7,349 $8,074 $8,248 $6,882 $8,755 $19,337 $11,112
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S $6,096 $7,777 $7,558 $7,488 $4,758 $5,664 $6,398 $6,855 $5,256 $6,326 $5,588 $5,269 $5,392 $6,157 $6,102 $6,487
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $2,937 $2,455 $3,053 $5,741 $2,960 $2,465 $5,086 $3,286 $6,250 $7,047 $6,930 $4,647 $5,849 $6,992 $6,179 $6,455
M Wire Drawn -- S $11,270 $10,501 $9,522 $13,992 $6,546 $4,508 $12,300 $8,055 $11,262 $10,231 $13,281 $11,728 $10,922 $9,954 $10,271 $11,611
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S $60,125 $6,889 $6,643 $8,419 $4,449 . $4,927 $5,069 $4,021 $4,298 $4,026 $4,601 $5,836 $4,794 $4,859 $4,669
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . $6,711 $6,645 $8,287 . . $4,793 $4,591 $4,454 $4,523 $4,150 $4,532 $5,392 $5,121 $5,121 $5,126
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S $5,720 $4,134 $6,658 $6,137 $5,875 $9,498 $5,367 $5,179 $5,905 $3,188 $6,902 $7,014 $8,670 $6,177 $10,435 $5,546
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $1,764 $2,313 $2,845 $2,430 $2,323 $3,577 $2,273 $2,634 $2,205 $2,211 $2,748 $2,512 $2,295 $1,726 $1,869 $2,643
M Wire Rods -- S . . $2,268 . . $2,464 $2,555 $2,791 $2,537 . $1,999 $2,527 $3,020 $3,351 $3,351 $2,319
M Plates in Coils -- S $7,937 . . . . $1,970 . . $6,137 . . . $7,150 . $15,289 .
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S $9,441 $8,081 $7,436 $3,961 $2,240 . . $11,165 . $68,246 . $3,858 . . . .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $1,707 $4,203 $3,480 $4,549 $1,600 $1,600 $1,904 $1,600 $1,600 . $2,355 $3,081 $3,579 . . $520,000
M Line Pipe -- S $9,377 . . $13,927 . $8,280 . $3,429 . $4,682 $4,562 . . . $4,561 .

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
 
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
Link to Annual Summary of Census Data

Link to Summary Level of Monthly Census Data