US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM WORLD

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 $948 $1,021 $983 $952 $1,031 $1,039 $1,010 $1,033 $1,086 $1,057 $1,201 $1,251 $1,327 $1,389 $1,431 $1,395
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products $785 $829 $829 $814 $891 $881 $873 $887 $934 $923 $1,038 $1,102 $1,181 $1,238 $1,282 $1,293
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $534 $539 $480 $520 $550 $566 $563 $605 $593 $624 $742 $822 $900 $996 $1,003 $932
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A $1,216 $1,145 $1,108 $1,168 $1,122 $1,213 $1,113 $1,085 $1,175 $1,226 $1,243 $1,347 $1,506 $1,495 $1,522 $1,559
M Line Pipe -- C & A $1,192 $1,247 $1,156 $1,204 $1,222 $1,245 $1,148 $1,237 $1,205 $1,275 $1,304 $1,325 $1,368 $1,327 $1,326 $1,414
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $613 $598 $592 $590 $579 $585 $581 $591 $641 $681 $763 $862 $953 $985 $1,019 $1,009
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $867 $861 $867 $877 $886 $899 $944 $932 $972 $974 $1,061 $1,082 $1,144 $1,137 $1,169 $1,215
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $873 $876 $867 $856 $870 $898 $850 $888 $878 $903 $929 $982 $1,035 $1,082 $1,090 $1,176
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $909 $1,122 $878 $1,175 $1,089 $944 $1,090 $1,439 $1,265 $1,411 $1,510 $1,482 $1,392 $1,501 $1,650 $1,480
M Standard Pipe -- C & A $775 $777 $816 $846 $942 $1,005 $998 $1,002 $1,009 $1,033 $1,177 $1,173 $1,285 $1,321 $1,819 $1,347
M Wire Rods -- C & A $560 $580 $602 $646 $652 $605 $636 $686 $652 $724 $827 $875 $960 $1,012 $1,118 $1,182
M Plates in Coils -- C & A $632 $629 $619 $612 $602 $586 $648 $651 $704 $710 $860 $975 $1,024 $993 $1,104 $1,300
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $586 $617 $598 $640 $661 $699 $638 $648 $690 $753 $811 $861 $966 $996 $978 $1,051
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $677 $703 $708 $678 $701 $689 $691 $694 $747 $804 $843 $963 $1,030 $1,132 $1,134 $1,124
M Wire Drawn -- C & A $1,036 $1,034 $1,060 $1,066 $1,089 $1,057 $1,079 $1,109 $1,189 $1,210 $1,313 $1,383 $1,497 $1,584 $1,627 $1,640
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $1,115 $1,371 $1,273 $1,352 $1,350 $1,536 $1,467 $1,405 $1,514 $1,546 $1,708 $1,714 $1,877 $1,920 $2,011 $1,892
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $880 $938 $925 $916 $942 $1,016 $1,012 $984 $1,070 $1,176 $1,339 $1,358 $1,481 $1,466 $1,489 $1,428
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $947 $1,000 $933 $1,002 $962 $1,005 $924 $989 $1,046 $1,053 $1,099 $1,131 $1,232 $1,330 $1,327 $1,358
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $744 $806 $911 $834 $796 $811 $784 $794 $889 $940 $944 $1,180 $1,222 $1,333 $1,335 $1,318
M Tin Plate -- C & A $795 $769 $800 $749 $816 $777 $854 $873 $867 $954 $924 $934 $920 $891 $897 $927
M Rails Standard -- C & A $728 $734 $747 $685 $731 $859 $774 $831 $801 $773 $749 $966 $887 $1,019 $998 $813
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,466 $1,369 $1,628 $1,481 $1,372 $1,650 $1,536 $1,578 $1,546 $1,434 $1,642 $1,848 $1,876 $1,988 $2,003 $2,028
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $1,002 $925 $922 $995 $1,006 $939 $972 $1,015 $1,005 $1,165 $1,187 $1,234 $1,199 $1,300 $1,279 $1,372
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $655 $654 $715 $750 $693 $742 $740 $825 $750 $870 $961 $961 $1,120 $1,142 $1,163 $1,108
M Tool Steel -- C & A $2,720 $2,919 $2,860 $2,833 $2,530 $2,777 $2,617 $2,848 $3,134 $2,921 $3,201 $3,499 $3,437 $3,212 $3,245 $2,948
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,828 $1,727 $1,679 $1,763 $1,757 $1,591 $1,780 $1,723 $1,646 $1,863 $1,913 $1,861 $1,978 $1,964 $2,111 $1,945
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A $2,137 $2,203 $2,490 $2,793 $2,542 $3,013 $2,732 $2,736 $2,644 $3,190 $2,609 $2,796 $3,542 $2,671 $2,720 $2,731
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A $835 $850 $872 $881 $912 $930 $947 $999 $989 $961 $961 $960 $955 $1,020 $1,024 $1,056
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $1,830 $1,685 $1,718 $1,441 $2,011 $1,992 $1,441 $2,436 $1,583 $1,728 $2,110 $1,838 $1,600 $1,720 $1,801 $2,010
M Steel Piling -- C & A $1,059 $1,090 $1,069 $1,075 $1,134 $1,188 $1,206 $1,228 $1,259 $1,301 $1,373 $1,345 $1,515 $1,579 $1,617 $1,713
M Rails All Other -- C & A $628 $843 $637 $918 $619 $674 $914 $741 $642 $1,137 $927 $1,025 $1,142 $686 $657 $851
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $716 $737 $735 $719 $697 $736 $879 $778 $883 $938 $981 $1,042 $1,006 $1,014 $1,294 $1,288
M Black Plate -- C & A $621 $615 $721 $719 $800 $705 $732 $688 $790 $784 $773 $773 $841 $944 $943 $1,013
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $2,331 $1,703 $3,614 $3,712 $2,547 $2,829 $2,933 $3,709 $3,713 $3,692 $3,829 $4,272 $3,973 $5,111 $4,582 $4,119
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A $822 $724 $674 $807 $728 $889 $708 $807 $780 $809 $905 $1,293 $1,162 $1,112 $1,160 $1,352
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A $780 $923 $1,080 $1,063 $1,168 $1,024 $879 $1,301 $909 $1,091 $1,042 $1,343 $1,075 $1,411 $3,273 $1,250
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $1,349 $1,350 $1,158 $1,346 $1,262 $759 $3,316 $823 $1,805 $1,420 $1,494 $1,778 $1,865 $2,810 $1,830 $3,138
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products $5,612 $5,631 $5,220 $5,403 $4,896 $4,784 $4,888 $4,686 $4,923 $4,919 $5,102 $5,338 $5,186 $5,174 $4,902 $4,983
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $4,747 $4,692 $4,349 $3,812 $3,378 $3,466 $3,666 $3,723 $3,893 $4,022 $4,133 $4,222 $4,106 $3,986 $3,964 $3,836
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $8,374 $8,531 $7,421 $8,883 $8,383 $7,497 $8,145 $8,089 $8,509 $7,895 $9,124 $8,753 $8,713 $9,298 $7,704 $9,045
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $5,725 $5,043 $4,793 $4,718 $4,531 $4,461 $4,847 $4,380 $4,486 $4,558 $4,624 $4,871 $4,833 $4,819 $4,861 $3,391
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S $6,413 $6,373 $6,039 $6,178 $5,138 $5,799 $5,466 $5,457 $5,948 $5,924 $6,223 $6,066 $6,629 $5,864 $5,778 $5,393
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S $6,252 $6,842 $5,937 $5,457 $4,978 $5,785 $5,164 $4,635 $4,868 $5,289 $5,103 $5,201 $5,736 $4,841 $5,002 $5,151
M Oil Country Goods -- S $2,416 $3,182 $3,364 $4,714 $4,635 $4,947 $3,661 $4,694 $3,622 $4,105 $3,394 $4,226 $2,587 $3,976 $3,701 $4,901
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $5,672 $5,610 $4,909 $4,973 $5,466 $5,229 $6,241 $4,952 $5,066 $4,844 $5,077 $5,049 $4,892 $4,977 $5,422 $5,401
M Wire Drawn -- S $7,776 $7,072 $6,647 $6,312 $6,091 $6,093 $6,312 $6,144 $6,550 $6,090 $6,266 $6,613 $6,670 $6,276 $6,369 $6,336
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S $6,595 $6,355 $6,068 $5,922 $4,873 $5,906 $5,723 $5,513 $4,947 $5,615 $6,294 $6,497 $6,067 $6,162 $6,114 $5,588
M Plates in Coils -- S $6,103 $6,971 $4,978 $5,013 $4,499 $4,676 $5,745 $4,285 $4,727 $4,688 $4,707 $5,194 $4,866 $5,713 $4,540 $5,058
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $2,177 $2,286 $2,169 $2,203 $2,809 $1,744 $1,811 $2,217 $2,371 $2,097 $1,965 $2,047 $2,506 $2,020 $1,591 $1,810
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S $4,401 $5,619 $2,906 $4,405 $3,344 $4,089 $3,631 $3,886 $3,893 $3,307 $3,934 $3,320 $4,673 $4,308 $4,233 $4,292
M Wire Rods -- S $5,614 $5,200 $5,246 $4,775 $4,220 $4,543 $4,532 $4,366 $4,638 $4,359 $4,718 $4,683 $4,592 $4,654 $4,649 $4,116
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S $6,988 $5,063 $5,511 $5,309 $4,953 $5,084 $4,984 $6,514 $5,978 $5,235 $4,796 $4,842 $5,045 $4,790 $4,959 $4,804
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $6,217 $7,037 $6,339 $6,649 $6,437 $7,292 $4,971 $4,898 $4,678 $6,101 $5,576 $5,455 $5,715 $5,212 $5,126 $5,614
M Line Pipe -- S $1,113 $1,376 $1,516 $4,172 $3,126 $1,515 $2,517 $4,493 $5,780 $4,502 $4,998 $15,666 $7,540 $2,450 $1,502 $1,967
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $2,116 $4,649 $3,228 $5,305 $4,952 $5,393 $4,751 $4,976 $4,962 $4,678 $5,001 $4,036 $6,416 $4,319 $3,209 $5,830

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
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