US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM SOUTH AFRICA

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

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  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 12,596 8,480 3,590 9,911 7,562 13,698 3,103 10,583 5,083 4,118 5,103 4,978 4,993 11,756 11,197 2,668
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 8,432 5,963 1,133 7,879 5,851 12,323 755.0 7,797 4,656 901.0 4,112 3,925 2,114 9,976 9,659 1,410
M Line Pipe -- C & A 748.8 437.8 . 833.7 412.6 2,358 . 3,087 2,002 . 314.6 2,128 . 4,603 4,560 .
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 154.6 37.2 . 846.5 1,142 2,731 . 769.3 411.8 . 1,110 . . 2,983 2,983 0.04
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 364.5 421.0 802.8 830.6 1,276 500.9 231.9 274.0 357.5 530.3 454.9 439.3 1,205 695.6 516.9 774.5
M Standard Pipe -- C & A . 1.94 . . . . . 837.9 847.4 . . 809.3 . 1,178 1,045 97.9
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A . 4,441 . . . . . . . . . . 494.3 . 20.4 .
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 182.0 66.9 102.2 133.7 61.3 242.7 43.9 76.4 150.8 104.8 120.6 37.1 212.2 239.4 239.4 119.3
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 119.4 120.6 105.4 . . 217.4 . . . 72.1 . 119.7 . 187.3 187.3 131.5
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 299.4 36.7 77.0 215.6 19.3 205.5 . 120.2 226.3 . 47.4 208.8 . 73.5 76.5 1.90
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 5,974 96.7 18.1 3,958 2,939 6,004 423.0 2,631 506.1 75.1 2,041 83.5 143.3 . . 36.9
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 10.0 4.79 27.5 . . 61.7 56.1 . 154.1 118.6 22.4 98.9 59.0 13.9 28.9 136.5
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.07
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 578.7 297.9 . 1,060 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.9
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 4,164 2,516 2,457 2,031 1,711 1,375 2,348 2,786 426.7 3,217 991.5 1,052 2,879 1,780 1,537 1,257
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 2,036 1,109 1,208 1,652 313.2 322.0 1,514 896.5 . 980.3 340.9 352.8 1,194 524.0 524.6 395.6
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 1,201 600.0 804.9 207.2 926.6 129.0 537.2 1,356 311.9 1,528 397.8 131.7 1,154 615.5 580.6 450.5
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 761.1 624.6 419.8 171.9 471.4 913.7 296.6 504.7 92.5 301.0 221.1 568.2 519.6 317.7 431.4 410.3
M Plates in Coils -- S 165.4 182.4 24.3 . . 10.3 . 28.3 20.5 407.3 31.5 . 10.5 322.8 . 0.62
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.40 .
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S . . . . . . . . 1.66 . . . . . 0.86 0.05

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
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
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