| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FROM CHINA | |||
| Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars | |||
| Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons |
Same Table - Average Unit Value |
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| Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons |
Same Table - Annual Total US Dollars |
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| 'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products | |||
| Product | Census Data | ||||||||
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| Monthly Average Value 2001 |
Monthly Average Value 2002 |
Monthly Average Value 2003 |
Monthly Average Value 2004 |
Monthly Average Value 2005 |
Monthly Average Value 2006 |
Monthly Average Value 2007 |
Monthly Average Value YTD Jan through Jul 2007 |
Monthly Average Value 2008 (through July final) |
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| All Steel Mill Products | |||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | $23,513 | $21,566 | $22,044 | $91,381 | $139,648 | $298,890 | $328,747 | $408,199 | $317,811 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | |||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | $21,986 | $19,015 | $18,522 | $75,103 | $117,110 | $259,348 | $250,148 | $312,135 | $235,001 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | $4,238 | $3,014 | $5,189 | $9,552 | $32,709 | $60,306 | $71,213 | $84,231 | $107,081 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | $4,976 | $538.2 | $2,977 | $11,899 | $18,371 | $29,526 | $34,898 | $47,586 | $6,481 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | $368.2 | $7,218 | $5,086 | $25,351 | $22,699 | $42,764 | $20,278 | $31,929 | $4,688 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | $879.0 | $1,047 | $1,500 | $2,519 | $5,128 | $21,375 | $26,066 | $32,590 | $27,205 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | $1,016 | $293.0 | $1.490 | $9,220 | $7,892 | $38,048 | $21,384 | $26,372 | $26,753 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | $1,895 | $632.1 | $21.21 | $4,992 | $3,620 | $18,160 | $9,702 | $10,925 | $8,850 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | $1,708 | $2,236 | $2,445 | $5,290 | $7,582 | $11,111 | $11,600 | $14,133 | $13,224 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | $62.53 | $51.23 | $38.23 | $390.3 | $1,489 | $5,005 | $8,018 | $11,240 | $870.0 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | $336.1 | $247.8 | $417.3 | $1,431 | $5,359 | $10,312 | $11,150 | $13,907 | $5,307 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | $1,192 | $20.62 | $11.82 | $101.6 | $50.05 | $726.9 | $5,212 | $7,076 | $135.3 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | $39.33 | $39.13 | $51.71 | $188.3 | $1,752 | $3,229 | $7,326 | $6,569 | $14,013 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | $0.637 | . | $4.009 | $41.02 | $69.68 | $688.9 | $3,448 | $2,522 | $2,102 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A | . | $1.395 | $3.135 | $1.632 | $220.2 | $2,978 | $4,631 | $6,206 | $3,266 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | $2,114 | $701.1 | $147.6 | $160.7 | $1,104 | $1,833 | $1,935 | $1,606 | $2,726 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | $496.2 | $131.6 | $1.460 | $276.6 | $560.1 | $1,511 | $1,617 | $1,695 | $1,344 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | . | . | . | $7.281 | $107.1 | $302.8 | $870.4 | $1,007 | $302.5 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | $71.39 | $19.80 | $5.377 | $120.4 | $244.3 | $1,384 | $1,662 | $1,467 | $1,159 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | $519.6 | $2,218 | $5.107 | $1,231 | $2,703 | $1,388 | $655.4 | $917.4 | $300.5 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | $99.26 | $17.92 | $12.01 | $69.70 | $194.7 | $437.6 | $577.5 | $922.7 | $120.1 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | $7.078 | $3.212 | $1.463 | $3.666 | $2.732 | $798.3 | $586.9 | $569.3 | $35.18 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | $33.98 | $31.82 | $73.31 | $84.35 | $223.7 | $1,283 | $1,113 | $1,483 | $926.6 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | $610.1 | $316.4 | $506.0 | $1,713 | $4,595 | $4,028 | $3,878 | $4,206 | $6,527 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | $5.026 | $1.418 | $12.59 | $64.30 | $138.9 | $631.2 | $519.3 | $742.6 | $326.8 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | $99.54 | $36.47 | $1.641 | $8.340 | $57.93 | $255.1 | $610.2 | $735.4 | $245.5 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | $428.8 | $107.8 | $2.032 | . | $33.62 | $322.3 | $267.4 | $242.0 | $210.6 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | $25.50 | $83.77 | $0.476 | . | $102.9 | $302.1 | $181.4 | $165.3 | $167.0 |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | $5.010 | $0.850 | $0.472 | $12.68 | $4.666 | $40.03 | $138.8 | $213.2 | $5.095 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | . | . | . | $1.970 | $34.13 | $228.1 | $428.2 | $688.3 | $167.2 |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | $1.574 | $3.075 | $1.931 | $29.69 | $38.06 | $43.92 | $55.25 | $30.40 | $103.1 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | $494.0 | $0.691 | $0.248 | $3.350 | $15.42 | $199.1 | $46.41 | $59.82 | $35.77 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | . | $0.609 | $1.498 | $1.352 | $0.195 | $63.59 | $19.53 | $31.20 | . |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | $1.814 | $1.449 | $1.966 | $2.096 | $0.867 | $13.72 | $49.42 | $56.75 | $26.91 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | $261.9 | . | . | $332.7 | $2.664 | $47.04 | $8.497 | $8.009 | $293.7 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | $0.201 | $1.151 | $0.368 | $3.988 | $4.787 | $6.417 | $2.517 | $4.315 | $0.987 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $3.793 |
| Stainless Products | |||||||||
| All Stainless Products | $1,527 | $2,551 | $3,523 | $16,277 | $22,539 | $39,542 | $78,599 | $96,063 | $82,810 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | $270.9 | $629.2 | $933.6 | $9,372 | $10,061 | $22,605 | $36,006 | $45,787 | $50,109 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | $533.9 | $1,102 | $1,600 | $4,499 | $7,493 | $12,553 | $25,138 | $29,024 | $16,152 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | . | . | $0.547 | $22.93 | $41.63 | $259.1 | $6,895 | $8,216 | $4,477 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $3,576 | $4,739 | $3,990 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $728.1 | $1,199 | $216.0 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | $459.3 | $420.4 | $552.6 | $969.7 | $1,783 | $1,894 | $2,386 | $2,980 | $1,893 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | $0.642 | . | . | $7.251 | $68.42 | $549.0 | $1,446 | $1,596 | $2,220 |
| Wire Rods -- S | $109.9 | $214.6 | $159.3 | $536.6 | $691.6 | $717.0 | $709.1 | $900.7 | $877.9 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | $112.8 | $148.1 | $116.2 | $490.9 | $1,920 | $489.9 | $699.7 | $741.6 | $743.0 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | . | $2.514 | . | $94.48 | $66.55 | $94.73 | $567.2 | $409.2 | $1,127 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | $29.01 | $8.010 | $108.3 | $104.5 | $142.3 | $222.8 | $238.6 | $237.0 | $628.3 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | $0.223 | $5.563 | $11.28 | $46.87 | $130.4 | $93.88 | $95.54 | $113.3 | $192.6 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | $2.791 | $1.237 | $0.880 | $14.12 | $8.737 | $10.80 | $28.45 | $31.33 | $27.01 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | $3.759 | $9.466 | $11.49 | $59.07 | $86.84 | $34.29 | $76.28 | $82.04 | $128.1 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | . | . | $23.11 | $33.46 | $41.45 | $18.10 | $8.696 | $7.021 | $29.46 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | . | . | . | $22.27 | . | . | $1.017 | . | . |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | $3.798 | $9.688 | $5.057 | $4.205 | $4.145 | $0.624 | . | . | . |
| 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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