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

Product Census Data
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YTD Jan
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Jul 2007
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2008
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July
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 155,208 123,348 77,755 106,635 104,357 158,795 128,004 167,625 135,088
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 152,819 121,713 75,744 104,613 101,505 155,746 122,999 162,296 129,613
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 12,043 3,324 2,532 4,264 42.2 30,638 16,013 27,295 16,030
Rails Standard -- C & A 11,400 11,204 9,320 13,727 10,808 15,108 15,102 21,659 16,974
Line Pipe -- C & A 10,022 20,841 10,509 10,944 14,380 17,731 13,076 15,428 11,934
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 8,600 7,895 8,580 8,926 10,358 10,695 12,030 13,614 14,992
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 29,222 21,190 2,776 15,075 12,553 16,795 12,028 18,474 12,100
Wire Rods -- C & A 9,584 9,493 7,339 7,821 8,430 8,172 9,243 10,066 8,928
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 19,131 6,085 3,645 6,311 6,241 8,735 5,880 7,366 4,824
Wire Drawn -- C & A 5,225 6,439 6,378 6,029 5,082 4,292 4,640 5,388 4,774
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 2,517 1,551 1,952 3,276 4,367 3,577 3,570 4,311 2,360
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 2,428 4,232 1,552 1,901 2,538 2,854 2,933 3,503 3,389
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 4,514 4,097 2,346 2,422 3,359 3,137 2,867 3,126 3,027
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 3,287 2,311 1,994 1,145 937.2 1,831 2,797 3,187 3,031
Tool Steel -- C & A 4,336 4,131 4,848 3,757 4,215 3,140 2,598 2,808 3,828
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 1,413 930.6 616.2 808.6 728.5 1,174 2,142 2,974 2,575
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 5,913 3,031 3,039 4,422 4,374 5,487 1,998 2,826 2,601
Standard Pipe -- C & A 2,814 2,854 1,100 1,596 1,886 1,331 1,990 2,454 2,328
Tin Free Steel -- C & A 4,466 1,085 959.3 1,667 1,755 1,717 1,885 2,421 1,928
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . 3.79 . 309.4 964.3 2,197 1,857 2,365 1,312
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 1,228 1,277 168.6 10.6 390.9 1,660 1,745 2,721 1,805
Black Plate -- C & A 7,667 4,056 1,696 2,340 1,471 3,738 1,397 1,817 1,130
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 1,488 1,748 1,300 2,926 1,488 6,206 1,358 1,746 3,392
Plates in Coils -- C & A 438.9 168.5 151.1 1,398 1,735 1,133 1,218 1,117 1,170
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 1,648 1,314 426.4 575.8 420.7 1,145 1,020 1,202 1,841
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 140.1 232.6 928.0 760.6 704.7 820.7 821.9 1,005 778.4
Pipe For Piling -- C & A 339.8 64.8 43.9 153.5 216.0 363.9 646.3 776.2 121.7
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 749.2 243.5 189.2 388.4 430.7 550.3 563.3 678.5 652.9
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 489.2 320.7 420.7 471.6 545.7 484.6 448.3 538.6 410.9
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 253.5 621.3 381.0 448.0 257.5 460.6 368.6 498.3 444.6
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 5.16 35.2 28.3 34.3 12.2 44.3 249.4 281.3 43.6
Tin Plate -- C & A 386.1 393.2 152.6 502.3 567.7 226.2 224.1 257.5 197.6
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 92.8 96.1 69.3 74.1 62.1 134.6 167.4 195.8 219.6
Rails All Other -- C & A 275.1 216.7 265.3 113.2 174.9 154.1 101.3 166.4 373.0
C . . . . . . 9.89 16.9 .
Steel Piling -- C & A 72.5 11.9 29.2 0.46 0.36 0.54 0.99 0.83 81.7
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 620.1 208.6 0.46 2.11 . 0.84 . . 3.02
Railroad Accessories -- C & A . . . 0.53 . . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 2,388 1,634 2,010 2,022 2,852 3,049 5,005 5,329 5,474
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . . . 1,943 2,045 2,122
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 1,089 347.3 844.9 754.7 1,452 996.0 922.0 1,119 697.9
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 32.2 91.1 83.3 113.1 466.7 886.1 716.2 760.4 1,253
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 196.7 180.1 303.9 451.0 305.7 363.4 475.6 341.8 232.2
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 376.5 330.9 336.2 312.0 338.7 331.9 361.4 385.7 453.8
Plates Cut Lengths -- S 230.6 306.0 193.9 185.3 129.5 236.2 327.7 357.0 366.7
Wire Drawn -- S 126.7 93.8 91.1 87.3 86.3 77.8 94.4 91.2 129.8
Line Pipe -- S . . . . . . 44.0 74.3 7.56
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 4.40 7.27 1.39 3.58 11.7 47.2 25.8 32.4 18.7
Plates in Coils -- S 99.5 101.1 43.1 14.1 0.10 11.8 24.7 42.0 5.45
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 23.6 25.5 35.4 36.3 19.8 34.9 18.8 25.8 22.0
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 27.1 31.1 19.3 15.4 6.98 21.1 12.5 14.5 42.1
Bars-Light Shaped -- S 6.43 10.6 15.8 6.27 5.37 13.7 11.1 10.5 108.9
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 95.4 39.7 1.32 2.66 9.44 4.72 9.97 9.68 2.03
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 5.56 7.58 15.9 8.24 1.88 4.49 9.40 11.7 3.57
Wire Rods -- S 74.0 60.6 21.8 21.8 17.8 19.4 8.44 6.78 7.57
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 0.01 1.40 2.55 9.97 . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: September 23, 2008 , with
Final Census data compiled through July 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume exported during the year - 2007
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
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