US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA
Quantity in Metric Tons
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Product Census Data
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2001		 Monthly
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YTD Jan
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Aug 2007		 Monthly
Average
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2008
(through
August
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 57,602 62,483 48,574 139,676 179,483 407,473 348,726 430,507 276,622
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 56,888 61,169 46,873 133,326 171,969 394,397 331,593 409,322 257,821
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 7,318 4,835 9,160 13,270 35,181 57,192 67,677 78,068 107,908
Standard Pipe -- C & A 12,585 1,063 7,254 20,745 28,677 51,027 54,613 72,964 5,812
Wire Rods -- C & A 1,735 31,065 20,361 58,263 51,765 102,246 44,460 65,191 8,252
Line Pipe -- C & A 1,946 2,705 3,698 4,558 6,691 31,099 36,799 43,928 34,551
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 2,725 848.9 2.16 13,353 11,235 56,375 28,334 32,887 34,060
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 6,940 2,478 48.2 8,006 6,176 32,682 16,947 17,795 11,587
Wire Drawn -- C & A 2,853 4,282 4,690 7,619 10,382 15,035 13,412 16,499 11,749
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 61.5 120.2 58.9 436.2 2,159 8,228 13,289 18,138 628.2
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 608.8 474.0 654.8 1,805 6,058 13,039 13,022 16,773 4,325
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 4,069 35.9 17.1 159.1 92.7 1,178 9,393 11,668 127.1
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 55.1 46.5 58.0 209.4 1,973 4,377 8,061 8,126 21,376
Rails All Other -- C & A 0.25 . 5.79 53.8 78.7 1,126 5,770 4,714 4,069
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A . 1.63 0.33 0.60 308.5 3,706 5,344 6,613 3,791
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 6,866 2,350 458.1 247.0 1,725 2,825 2,291 1,861 2,819
Tin Plate -- C & A 935.4 245.0 2.63 313.2 671.9 2,191 2,237 2,376 1,565
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . . 6.89 121.5 501.2 1,302 1,747 363.4
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 143.8 33.4 18.9 174.5 335.7 1,428 1,231 1,103 798.6
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 2,817 9,624 6.18 2,629 5,657 2,861 1,207 1,672 240.8
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 329.6 45.9 35.9 138.3 361.7 836.3 1,121 1,580 143.3
Rails Standard -- C & A 4.27 1.00 1.35 2.84 3.99 1,316 1,014 880.9 30.8
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 89.0 56.4 71.4 77.4 300.3 1,277 839.0 1,068 740.8
Tool Steel -- C & A 324.4 168.0 238.1 642.2 1,454 1,088 833.7 870.0 1,456
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 3.97 1.91 9.20 59.5 173.3 915.1 615.8 831.8 220.4
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 71.8 29.8 1.82 7.40 46.7 201.8 590.8 706.2 76.9
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 1,122 303.2 7.92 . 42.3 429.5 307.9 214.3 270.6
Black Plate -- C & A 81.2 341.0 1.33 . 161.5 500.7 289.6 281.8 210.4
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 6.73 1.58 1.60 12.7 8.30 51.3 253.7 357.4 4.42
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A . . . 2.04 35.5 73.4 156.2 233.5 297.2
Railroad Accessories -- C & A 1.85 2.26 3.05 33.5 47.6 50.5 60.4 33.4 85.6
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 2,074 1.63 0.39 4.44 26.5 327.6 41.1 50.8 28.2
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . 1.90 1.71 2.34 0.04 113.8 37.6 52.6 .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 0.28 1.00 2.90 3.72 1.13 15.2 22.5 22.1 5.90
Plates in Coils -- C & A 1,114 . . 481.2 5.01 70.1 9.77 7.16 214.7
Steel Piling -- C & A 0.00 0.62 0.50 5.26 4.50 5.87 1.90 2.85 1.19
Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . . . . 4.72
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 714.2 1,313 1,700 6,350 7,514 13,076 17,133 21,184 18,801
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 179.4 430.7 590.6 4,094 4,256 8,661 8,243 10,158 12,366
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 184.2 412.6 595.1 1,296 1,818 3,002 4,099 4,981 2,297
Plates Cut Lengths -- S . . 0.08 8.21 14.6 67.4 1,396 1,729 851.1
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . . . 1,199 1,533 1,295
Line Pipe -- S . . . . . . 697.9 1,033 89.6
Wire Drawn -- S 182.3 172.0 221.9 311.4 511.4 517.8 519.6 623.3 417.3
Plates in Coils -- S 0.35 . . 2.75 26.2 143.1 340.1 406.0 519.4
Wire Rods -- S 103.7 212.3 162.2 337.2 366.9 386.7 296.0 368.7 304.6
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 37.9 70.8 52.9 143.3 355.8 131.2 127.3 139.3 112.9
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . 1.53 . 39.8 25.9 35.3 126.7 101.5 300.3
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 19.9 5.55 57.4 44.4 50.3 83.5 46.2 63.6 191.1
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 0.25 3.12 5.50 18.3 45.6 31.4 26.5 30.2 32.1
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 2.22 0.99 0.66 6.00 2.99 5.23 6.41 6.39 4.90
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 0.73 2.25 1.26 29.7 26.2 3.98 5.94 6.39 11.2
Bars-Light Shaped -- S . . 11.8 13.1 12.0 6.76 1.98 1.53 5.52
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . 3.05 . . 0.15 0.23 .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 3.12 1.73 1.18 1.59 0.61 0.20 . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: October 28, 2008 , with
Final Census data compiled through August 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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