US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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Quantity in Metric Tons
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Product Census Data License Data
  JUL07 AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 141,249 177,349 86,063 99,617 96,965 80,030 149,157 80,494 131,203 190,525 107,959 113,818 172,459 138,134 94,398
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 137,431 170,587 81,987 93,566 90,128 74,228 143,627 75,283 126,847 185,181 101,986 108,816 165,549 131,575 90,779
M Rails Standard -- C & A 11,251 22,886 14,078 2,707 12,032 796.4 11,320 15,179 21,055 18,957 17,825 11,419 23,059 11,139 6,655
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 10,650 13,063 11,687 10,511 11,041 15,818 16,640 10,430 15,671 18,744 12,406 15,737 15,314 14,896 11,638
M Line Pipe -- C & A 11,870 19,580 1,652 25,063 7,218 14,988 14,197 4,317 8,941 12,808 17,528 10,911 14,837 18,280 8,529
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 10,641 36,235 196.7 534.8 . 358.5 37,047 240.7 382.9 37,268 903.5 1,202 35,165 1,360 3,317
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 34,382 10,135 5,076 4,032 5,914 . 5,353 . 21,931 25,329 1,768 16,622 13,696 21,915 11,727
M Wire Rods -- C & A 11,451 12,144 10,099 11,103 10,655 8,596 7,407 9,387 9,054 12,902 7,529 6,481 9,736 7,533 8,188
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 5,557 6,730 5,494 4,696 5,066 3,739 5,584 4,056 4,568 5,314 4,510 4,282 5,458 7,889 3,164
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 4,799 4,861 4,169 5,322 4,813 3,662 4,766 4,893 5,102 4,988 4,819 3,763 5,090 3,785 1,230
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 1,741 431.1 2,058 1,265 601.0 272.7 1,614 402.1 585.3 2,359 1,374 3,373 8,500 4,934 11,933
M Tool Steel -- C & A 2,609 2,382 2,427 2,358 3,243 3,496 4,124 3,279 3,341 5,325 3,936 2,855 3,937 3,827 4,124
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 3,122 3,756 3,031 2,831 1,495 3,319 3,760 3,343 2,842 3,895 3,278 2,571 4,032 3,641 3,970
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 178.5 2,388 673.9 667.8 923.7 1,803 1,347 3,272 1,444 8,287 661.8 3,046 5,689 2,632 520.7
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 2,893 3,110 2,139 2,571 5,132 2,678 4,069 1,945 3,430 3,154 3,410 3,058 2,123 2,505 1,816
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 2,318 6,497 1,242 1,586 1,428 624.2 3,300 707.1 3,445 2,048 3,399 3,130 1,995 6,246 2,068
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 2,362 2,736 1,931 3,242 3,053 3,029 6,451 1,771 2,650 2,192 1,590 2,138 4,427 2,754 1,235
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 4,557 1,372 689.6 1,473 3,087 1,462 2,112 1,575 5,178 550.3 2,465 3,776 640.3 1,877 1,518
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 2,374 6,835 401.9 758.5 717.3 20.0 1,845 413.4 1,228 2,766 2,351 893.1 3,137 1,779 266.0
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 348.2 3,208 252.9 1,935 1,091 2,393 1,790 1,963 1,544 2,640 2,452 1,556 1,553 4,183 .
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 1,601 4,627 5,296 3,142 1,890 2,329 1,452 851.6 3,113 6,250 468.1 2,639 1,750 3,564 3,665
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 1,759 1,214 793.8 456.3 1,632 943.5 623.7 812.9 4,123 2,663 3,146 1,026 494.5 446.1 177.2
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 681.8 937.8 1,413 1,409 2,380 1,590 711.6 716.8 615.9 2,079 490.3 2,546 1,034 1,595 1,930
M Black Plate -- C & A 1,101 2,124 1,776 1,513 362.8 393.6 1,588 1,776 987.7 458.1 2,194 423.0 484.5 744.3 295.5
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 4,487 . 2,710 . 3,017 . 3,554 . 2,767 . . 2,867 . 0.00 .
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 699.3 935.3 546.8 766.8 521.8 175.3 629.3 506.3 680.1 690.4 637.7 744.3 682.1 572.5 217.1
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 746.7 873.7 1,097 668.9 765.3 292.3 321.0 811.6 882.0 1,819 633.3 502.3 479.3 1,052 1,522
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 472.2 428.2 412.1 338.0 485.6 373.8 222.5 588.2 320.1 472.0 200.7 534.8 537.7 126.0 44.6
M Rails All Other -- C & A 3.61 80.0 32.6 4.04 . 15.0 11.7 885.9 301.1 142.1 1,124 11.6 134.5 1,427 504.8
M Tin Plate -- C & A 240.4 542.9 355.8 304.4 117.7 109.2 62.9 322.4 136.5 77.0 92.3 341.2 351.1 246.0 167.6
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 1,414 21.8 59.7 1,751 32.3 478.5 . . 70.1 28.7 . . 753.6 234.2 182.7
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 411.7 250.4 39.7 358.2 329.4 207.4 1,538 56.5 228.9 577.4 527.2 154.9 29.3 121.7 11.1
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 181.4 166.4 97.8 188.8 145.0 206.8 161.2 151.1 204.4 326.2 203.9 182.8 307.6 192.6 85.4
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 519.1 25.4 41.8 . 929.7 51.5 12.5 101.9 . 5.49 52.6 19.6 113.3 35.0 67.8
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . . . . . . 10.5 10.6 . . . . 31.9 .
M Steel Piling -- C & A . . 6.13 . . . . 509.4 5.53 56.9 . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 3,818 6,761 4,075 6,051 6,837 5,801 5,530 5,210 4,356 5,343 5,972 5,002 6,909 6,558 3,618
M Oil Country Goods -- S 1,191 3,178 1,106 3,403 2,278 2,207 2,811 2,056 1,267 1,802 2,249 1,531 3,140 3,212 1,296
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 939.4 991.2 1,255 471.1 847.9 698.3 893.6 1,007 1,076 1,483 1,643 1,426 1,242 1,382 1,068
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 650.6 1,239 754.9 757.5 1,071 646.4 517.0 468.2 661.5 674.6 610.0 890.0 1,064 910.1 514.0
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 318.7 404.8 334.8 505.7 335.8 461.1 429.7 553.4 484.2 442.5 408.7 287.7 570.1 277.0 131.8
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 244.1 374.5 152.1 420.8 741.3 119.8 346.4 235.2 469.6 346.4 423.5 396.3 349.1 390.2 304.9
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 310.1 385.7 235.8 340.2 1,323 1,415 275.0 538.3 154.4 174.8 152.1 78.9 251.9 147.0 58.1
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 0.05 17.4 11.2 16.7 32.3 . 62.1 53.0 28.8 146.6 268.0 173.2 30.3 58.3 101.4
M Wire Drawn -- S 60.0 63.6 98.5 53.9 140.6 201.4 71.2 140.7 154.4 169.5 107.0 112.1 153.8 121.4 47.6
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . 26.6 30.0 19.2 . . 29.6 89.7 4.61 34.8 39.7 46.9 49.1 6.62 67.5
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 13.0 9.11 11.5 5.43 21.0 7.30 44.5 34.9 7.14 18.7 18.1 24.6 6.41 6.62 15.2
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 29.1 39.6 26.7 22.7 14.9 18.9 24.5 21.5 13.4 32.4 7.65 18.6 13.1 13.1 4.20
M Line Pipe -- S 2.55 . . 6.95 . 1.05 . 1.99 . 16.3 34.6 . . 18.6 .
M Wire Rods -- S . . 37.7 . . 16.1 17.1 2.40 11.0 . 3.31 2.43 16.6 4.43 8.05
M Plates in Coils -- S 18.8 . . . . 2.39 . . 18.8 . . . 19.3 9.57 .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 36.7 3.24 14.9 1.51 8.34 5.77 6.90 2.25 3.48 . 6.53 3.95 1.86 . 0.00
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 3.94 27.2 4.56 25.8 21.5 . . 5.02 . 0.28 . 8.91 . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: September 16, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through September 16, 2008 and
Final Census data compiled through July 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of census data,including preliminary data
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
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