US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM WORLD

Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - US Dollars

Same Table - Average Unit Value
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

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  JUL07 AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 2,982,876 2,400,465 2,166,546 2,516,339 2,106,868 1,817,588 2,419,196 2,252,849 2,332,179 2,702,525 2,268,814 2,476,551 2,638,789 2,226,372 1,295,509
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 2,882,187 2,304,423 2,090,509 2,441,062 2,033,074 1,744,173 2,336,651 2,166,107 2,243,699 2,611,246 2,177,715 2,389,365 2,542,842 2,134,323 1,260,735
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 722,311 520,300 321,793 749,652 313,537 348,474 408,530 491,765 403,963 670,189 402,592 539,563 590,893 394,756 197,620
M Line Pipe -- C & A 263,146 204,477 198,356 250,407 277,497 196,646 277,392 263,219 248,313 255,591 244,650 257,202 255,925 179,573 134,892
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 146,369 124,467 147,552 114,743 171,902 90,800 193,894 133,794 199,844 171,527 207,309 236,157 284,014 299,751 213,933
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 181,618 174,769 187,398 171,400 237,800 175,386 219,120 225,957 173,798 246,790 238,641 223,417 218,168 165,384 104,751
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 143,983 136,809 142,169 144,116 101,445 85,992 135,159 102,648 151,644 104,324 197,727 123,255 147,047 146,091 89,924
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 95,148 99,343 96,951 95,817 90,528 81,913 105,327 81,710 100,034 105,722 82,213 124,677 127,992 150,384 59,678
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 127,194 137,343 93,650 109,127 68,632 66,899 73,853 60,778 103,821 92,718 70,846 104,017 87,937 88,350 41,036
M Wire Rods -- C & A 138,325 107,255 89,833 69,791 64,423 63,973 87,139 70,502 75,402 145,798 66,256 107,118 85,280 55,771 35,972
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 132,240 88,048 115,048 96,319 75,175 104,851 87,199 57,764 109,505 80,532 67,699 88,141 95,766 75,276 37,652
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 101,543 79,002 75,617 96,425 84,488 75,028 99,127 95,303 82,156 77,235 92,299 78,612 78,235 63,338 52,384
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 79,290 55,250 56,883 66,355 69,959 67,680 71,144 57,831 77,132 101,929 69,316 70,913 81,674 87,998 83,819
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 264,191 105,102 114,663 55,408 60,888 49,804 115,313 108,264 110,462 157,383 51,307 60,723 79,308 62,943 35,604
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 61,233 57,289 51,635 55,097 51,047 48,897 55,381 52,263 51,779 58,912 57,977 58,360 57,623 54,858 19,332
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 57,483 72,533 42,599 61,582 53,693 44,340 111,800 92,913 57,137 61,638 72,447 43,429 45,762 40,006 12,734
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 63,777 47,602 46,400 45,845 52,728 34,811 45,828 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,276 32,486 23,305
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 61,938 53,898 44,199 49,443 39,736 29,594 37,242 37,731 40,596 39,708 40,518 46,996 42,337 39,665 14,809
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 58,593 29,387 72,649 29,621 26,228 20,872 45,873 32,830 27,039 24,791 22,819 34,810 47,240 45,514 31,545
M Rails Standard -- C & A 12,856 29,161 24,636 18,377 13,251 7,119 11,695 21,208 21,969 20,281 23,311 12,177 28,244 17,233 6,837
M Tin Plate -- C & A 31,656 36,856 47,237 42,202 33,965 34,044 28,758 22,508 27,943 13,203 20,152 21,364 20,821 20,256 18,106
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 15,248 19,039 13,512 19,607 22,026 14,294 19,097 14,414 17,421 25,654 14,414 16,537 17,131 13,376 6,816
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 23,057 14,552 15,324 12,789 20,199 11,185 16,460 11,816 16,408 13,605 12,348 15,978 14,973 9,363 3,093
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 17,068 19,528 17,771 17,242 14,470 9,870 15,500 11,869 12,154 16,960 12,951 12,619 16,072 16,228 7,395
M Tool Steel -- C & A 11,731 10,525 9,378 11,715 17,017 13,925 15,537 12,528 13,997 15,026 12,755 11,703 12,294 9,691 7,283
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 10,345 12,581 10,932 11,423 11,005 13,573 10,229 11,171 10,847 9,894 9,642 8,991 10,659 10,044 3,658
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 7,764 10,709 6,695 8,042 10,065 6,377 5,488 8,761 7,166 12,544 9,315 10,429 9,500 7,593 1,145
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 7,836 10,960 7,546 6,151 8,362 8,718 12,690 17,352 9,533 7,736 8,513 7,335 9,924 10,737 4,309
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 6,216 8,595 5,991 8,700 9,868 6,502 11,600 5,275 10,926 9,512 5,337 7,268 11,859 7,660 4,398
M Steel Piling -- C & A 6,712 6,523 9,497 5,213 3,483 6,488 7,038 6,169 7,863 10,835 4,631 7,824 8,572 10,386 4,651
M Rails All Other -- C & A 12,470 1,474 8,818 2,177 17,442 16,023 1,980 8,578 16,301 1,646 4,269 2,271 4,426 13,404 829.1
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 6,620 6,601 5,967 5,791 5,525 4,113 4,384 4,540 3,375 5,040 4,610 2,665 2,938 2,677 1,388
M Black Plate -- C & A 6,929 16,104 2,359 2,615 455.1 1,810 1,959 4,532 1,183 816.6 2,194 5,038 683.2 906.4 451.4
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 2,019 2,557 1,457 1,471 2,212 1,158 1,047 1,168 1,357 1,417 1,368 1,238 1,440 1,263 424.0
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 2,508 3,009 4,445 4,984 1,601 1,564 2,283 1,614 530.9 518.0 1,825 520.2 1,171 842.0 512.9
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 2,008 1,403 1,108 1,215 774.3 755.6 1,328 513.4 1,195 571.6 898.4 409.5 559.5 154.7 273.3
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 747.6 1,356 424.2 187.4 1,632 677.3 241.2 182.5 322.6 424.1 261.1 345.6 85.5 348.1 158.0
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 100,689 96,041 76,037 75,276 73,793 73,415 82,544 86,741 88,480 91,279 91,098 87,186 95,947 92,049 34,773
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 29,717 23,450 22,666 21,089 21,608 24,426 31,398 33,553 32,750 35,159 32,194 30,156 32,181 25,333 8,805
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 14,099 14,176 12,871 12,024 11,025 9,495 10,858 8,675 11,281 11,602 10,943 10,845 10,838 14,044 5,191
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 9,352 9,641 7,647 7,809 9,908 7,923 8,757 11,164 9,211 8,671 8,327 8,813 9,769 8,236 4,295
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 7,140 7,645 5,756 7,428 6,158 6,673 5,929 7,033 6,847 7,776 6,811 8,014 8,277 7,391 2,763
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 9,507 9,660 6,334 4,393 6,569 5,291 5,066 5,466 6,006 4,497 6,085 5,686 5,780 4,890 2,099
M Oil Country Goods -- S 4,102 7,743 4,090 3,798 3,267 3,245 3,831 2,439 2,182 2,428 5,428 4,013 4,656 5,939 2,980
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 3,758 3,450 3,251 3,616 2,798 2,879 3,686 3,620 3,151 3,218 3,706 3,763 4,670 4,231 1,506
M Wire Drawn -- S 3,509 3,934 3,112 3,638 3,137 2,941 3,054 3,057 3,214 3,674 3,971 3,312 3,202 3,887 1,369
M Plates in Coils -- S 6,286 3,994 3,061 2,513 761.6 720.6 802.6 3,037 1,437 2,174 2,736 2,522 4,079 1,732 605.1
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 1,855 1,959 1,185 2,767 2,007 2,640 2,410 2,530 3,596 2,760 2,815 2,629 3,211 3,101 952.8
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 2,107 2,823 2,298 1,579 1,838 2,059 1,381 2,044 4,220 2,813 3,861 2,273 2,095 2,557 1,495
M Wire Rods -- S 2,526 2,088 2,089 1,690 1,610 1,631 1,965 1,782 1,852 2,762 2,124 1,824 2,789 1,668 904.7
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 2,435 1,425 155.1 1,680 1,372 1,542 2,051 965.9 1,470 2,102 842.6 1,379 2,653 3,268 46.6
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 465.6 386.0 284.2 318.7 673.9 495.0 539.2 599.5 709.8 575.4 769.2 863.1 954.2 1,035 505.6
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 173.3 302.0 156.4 128.3 117.6 66.3 92.4 188.9 103.4 166.1 260.7 255.4 541.0 246.5 126.6
M Line Pipe -- S 3,494 3,288 841.4 704.9 767.4 1,302 534.5 418.7 49.3 740.0 57.6 623.6 179.5 4,457 1,012
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 157.0 70.9 234.9 95.3 171.7 81.5 184.9 161.8 393.8 155.6 160.0 206.1 64.8 24.8 111.7

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
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