US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM WORLD

Quantity in Metric Tons
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
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  AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 SEP08 OCT08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 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 2,310,852 2,650,182 2,600,776 2,637,703
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 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 2,226,981 2,576,853 2,527,347 2,559,754
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 520,300 321,793 749,652 313,537 348,474 408,530 491,765 403,963 670,189 402,592 539,563 590,893 438,335 439,258 378,289 502,382
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 124,467 147,552 114,743 171,902 90,800 193,894 133,794 199,844 171,527 207,309 236,157 284,014 289,382 424,013 448,797 407,316
M Line Pipe -- C & A 204,477 198,356 250,407 277,497 196,646 277,392 263,219 248,313 255,591 244,650 257,202 255,925 169,805 252,105 222,932 242,568
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 174,769 187,398 171,400 237,800 175,386 219,120 225,957 173,798 246,790 238,641 223,417 218,168 206,031 234,656 232,408 216,176
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 136,809 142,169 144,116 101,445 85,992 135,159 102,648 151,644 104,324 197,727 123,255 147,047 132,566 178,210 201,832 129,154
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 99,343 96,951 95,817 90,528 81,913 105,327 81,710 100,034 105,722 82,213 124,677 127,992 151,140 98,081 91,036 170,575
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 55,250 56,883 66,355 69,959 67,680 71,144 57,831 77,132 101,929 69,316 70,913 81,674 86,564 131,067 125,340 113,447
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 88,048 115,048 96,319 75,175 104,851 87,199 57,764 109,505 80,532 67,699 88,141 95,766 96,490 101,303 88,703 87,296
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 137,343 93,650 109,127 68,632 66,899 73,853 60,778 103,821 92,718 70,846 104,017 87,937 89,376 109,982 116,363 81,192
M Wire Rods -- C & A 107,255 89,833 69,791 64,423 63,973 87,139 70,502 75,402 145,798 66,256 107,118 85,280 70,449 81,826 66,082 126,599
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 79,002 75,617 96,425 84,488 75,028 99,127 95,303 82,156 77,235 92,299 78,612 78,235 59,178 81,486 100,806 88,495
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 105,102 114,663 55,408 60,888 49,804 115,313 108,264 110,462 157,383 51,307 60,723 79,308 75,503 49,360 53,533 33,343
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 29,387 72,649 29,621 26,228 20,872 45,873 32,830 27,039 24,791 22,819 34,810 47,240 43,882 76,052 73,070 48,439
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 57,289 51,635 55,097 51,047 48,897 55,381 52,263 51,779 58,912 57,977 58,360 57,623 53,167 47,508 46,802 42,945
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 47,602 46,400 45,845 52,728 34,811 45,828 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,276 33,944 46,759 51,916 45,140
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 53,898 44,199 49,443 39,736 29,594 37,242 37,731 40,596 39,708 40,518 46,996 42,337 38,596 43,291 42,174 29,922
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 72,533 42,599 61,582 53,693 44,340 111,800 92,913 57,137 61,638 72,447 43,429 45,762 36,403 38,375 36,838 29,357
M Tin Plate -- C & A 36,856 47,237 42,202 33,965 34,044 28,758 22,508 27,943 13,203 20,152 21,364 20,821 18,934 30,769 31,476 34,515
M Rails Standard -- C & A 29,161 24,636 18,377 13,251 7,119 11,695 21,208 21,969 20,281 23,311 12,177 28,244 16,699 9,752 15,738 13,058
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 19,528 17,771 17,242 14,470 9,870 15,500 11,869 12,154 16,960 12,951 12,619 16,072 13,523 17,419 15,627 15,248
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 19,039 13,512 19,607 22,026 14,294 19,097 14,414 17,421 25,654 14,414 16,537 17,131 13,436 13,575 13,827 23,331
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 14,552 15,324 12,789 20,199 11,185 16,460 11,816 16,408 13,605 12,348 15,978 14,973 11,293 9,647 10,080 7,847
M Tool Steel -- C & A 10,525 9,378 11,715 17,017 13,925 15,537 12,528 13,997 15,026 12,755 11,703 12,294 9,803 11,769 11,351 11,466
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 10,960 7,546 6,151 8,362 8,718 12,690 17,352 9,533 7,736 8,513 7,335 9,924 11,473 9,379 10,232 13,546
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 8,595 5,991 8,700 9,868 6,502 11,600 5,275 10,926 9,512 5,337 7,268 11,859 9,674 8,954 9,430 12,206
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 12,581 10,932 11,423 11,005 13,573 10,229 11,171 10,847 9,894 9,642 8,991 10,659 10,696 8,445 7,985 8,561
M Steel Piling -- C & A 6,523 9,497 5,213 3,483 6,488 7,038 6,169 7,863 10,835 4,631 7,824 8,572 10,496 10,172 10,199 6,405
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 10,709 6,695 8,042 10,065 6,377 5,488 8,761 7,166 12,544 9,315 10,429 9,500 9,899 3,281 3,504 6,358
M Rails All Other -- C & A 1,474 8,818 2,177 17,442 16,023 1,980 8,578 16,301 1,646 4,269 2,271 4,426 13,175 3,093 3,688 2,076
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 6,601 5,967 5,791 5,525 4,113 4,384 4,540 3,375 5,040 4,610 2,665 2,938 3,563 3,462 2,967 2,132
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 2,557 1,457 1,471 2,212 1,158 1,047 1,168 1,357 1,417 1,368 1,238 1,440 1,183 1,471 1,628 1,170
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 3,009 4,445 4,984 1,601 1,564 2,283 1,614 530.9 518.0 1,825 520.2 1,171 839.8 544.2 689.7 3,990
M Black Plate -- C & A 16,104 2,359 2,615 455.1 1,810 1,959 4,532 1,183 816.6 2,194 5,038 683.2 872.4 470.7 672.9 869.9
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 1,403 1,108 1,215 774.3 755.6 1,328 513.4 1,195 571.6 898.4 409.5 559.5 329.7 879.0 831.6 1,299
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 1,356 424.2 187.4 1,632 677.3 241.2 182.5 322.6 424.1 261.1 345.6 85.5 267.8 423.1 484.2 1,313
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 96,041 76,037 75,276 73,793 73,415 82,544 86,741 88,480 91,279 91,098 87,186 95,947 83,871 73,329 73,428 77,949
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 23,450 22,666 21,089 21,608 24,426 31,398 33,553 32,750 35,159 32,194 30,156 32,181 26,450 21,039 21,322 22,090
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 14,176 12,871 12,024 11,025 9,495 10,858 8,675 11,281 11,602 10,943 10,845 10,838 10,724 12,676 10,538 10,704
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 9,641 7,647 7,809 9,908 7,923 8,757 11,164 9,211 8,671 8,327 8,813 9,769 7,593 6,524 7,636 9,501
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 7,645 5,756 7,428 6,158 6,673 5,929 7,033 6,847 7,776 6,811 8,014 8,277 6,851 5,941 5,868 5,806
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 9,660 6,334 4,393 6,569 5,291 5,066 5,466 6,006 4,497 6,085 5,686 5,780 5,190 4,701 4,614 4,433
M Oil Country Goods -- S 7,743 4,090 3,798 3,267 3,245 3,831 2,439 2,182 2,428 5,428 4,013 4,656 5,081 4,775 5,776 5,051
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 3,450 3,251 3,616 2,798 2,879 3,686 3,620 3,151 3,218 3,706 3,763 4,670 4,063 3,038 3,041 3,108
M Wire Drawn -- S 3,934 3,112 3,638 3,137 2,941 3,054 3,057 3,214 3,674 3,971 3,312 3,202 3,844 3,053 3,015 3,050
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 1,959 1,185 2,767 2,007 2,640 2,410 2,530 3,596 2,760 2,815 2,629 3,211 3,064 2,395 2,425 2,865
M Plates in Coils -- S 3,994 3,061 2,513 761.6 720.6 802.6 3,037 1,437 2,174 2,736 2,522 4,079 1,622 2,271 1,929 1,537
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 2,823 2,298 1,579 1,838 2,059 1,381 2,044 4,220 2,813 3,861 2,273 2,095 3,123 2,285 1,996 2,492
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 1,425 155.1 1,680 1,372 1,542 2,051 965.9 1,470 2,102 842.6 1,379 2,653 2,839 927.8 331.5 2,111
M Wire Rods -- S 2,088 2,089 1,690 1,610 1,631 1,965 1,782 1,852 2,762 2,124 1,824 2,789 1,617 1,860 1,812 1,904
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 386.0 284.2 318.7 673.9 495.0 539.2 599.5 709.8 575.4 769.2 863.1 954.2 972.2 894.0 827.6 622.1
M Line Pipe -- S 3,288 841.4 704.9 767.4 1,302 534.5 418.7 49.3 740.0 57.6 623.6 179.5 503.6 648.4 1,947 2,451
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 302.0 156.4 128.3 117.6 66.3 92.4 188.9 103.4 166.1 260.7 255.4 541.0 236.4 146.1 167.9 183.4
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 70.9 234.9 95.3 171.7 81.5 184.9 161.8 393.8 155.6 160.0 206.1 64.8 89.6 147.6 174.0 32.4

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 4, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through November 4, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through September 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data
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