U.S. Exports of Steel Mill Products
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Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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Product Month
  JUN07 JUL07 AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $2,801 $3,307 $2,732 $3,019 $3,430 $3,416 $3,073 $3,817 $4,454 $4,384 $4,369 $3,705 $3,759 $4,103 $3,875
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $1,982 $2,932 $2,379 $2,826 $2,942 $2,990 $2,665 $3,559 $4,261 $4,160 $3,936 $3,454 $3,345 $3,722 $3,409
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $3,719 $3,266 $3,660 $3,523 $2,734 $3,986 $3,379 $4,135 $3,923 $4,137 $3,714 $4,304 $3,880 $3,940 $4,155
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $5,996 $7,882 $4,423 $6,748 $7,120 $7,381 $7,632 $8,935 $7,735 $9,287 $8,883 $8,797 $9,853 $9,486 $6,152
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $1,643 $1,833 $2,419 $1,505 $1,723 $1,582 $1,664 $1,856 $3,026 $2,731 $3,138 $2,125 $1,742 $2,042 $1,440
Standard Pipe -- C & A $2,295 $1,901 $1,437 $1,454 $2,151 $1,925 $2,068 $1,866 $1,813 $3,249 $4,188 $4,620 $2,113 $2,877 $2,349
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,234 $1,909 $759 $972 $1,779 $2,826 $1,231 $1,417 $741 $2,267 $1,572 $1,479 $1,723 $834 $1,719
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $63,502 $20,710 $1,629 $3,923 $1,925 $5,218 $4,562 $4,883 $2,982 $1,546 $2,702 $2,767 $1,861 $3,506 $1,607
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $1,709 $2,072 $2,047 $4,990 $1,633 $1,714 $3,279 $14,546 $1,596 $1,633 $2,360 . $5,452 $2,795 $1,767
Tin Plate -- C & A $758 $597 $813 $652 $805 $561 $835 $989 $886 $765 $768 $852 $917 $985 .
Line Pipe -- C & A $2,484 $1,893 $1,924 $1,238 $1,262 $1,226 $1,411 $1,714 $1,602 $1,590 $2,638 $1,463 $1,448 $1,093 $1,756
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $1,340 $923 $1,303 $1,601 $1,565 $1,576 $1,488 $1,914 $1,247 $1,623 $1,259 $1,989 $1,116 $1,254 $1,758
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,947 $1,755 $1,949 $1,974 $1,260 $1,014 $1,726 $2,050 $1,404 $1,639 $1,451 $1,708 $1,509 $1,786 $2,280
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,317 $1,155 $1,198 $1,129 $1,153 $1,225 $1,254 $1,381 $1,334 $1,131 $1,095 $1,257 $1,378 $1,475 $1,108
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $591 . $822 $1,453 $939 $661 $654 $742 $661 . $1,391 . $661 . $660
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $669 $476 $569 $606 $487 $1,176 $653 $813 $621 $599 . $5,232 . $1,723 .
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $1,925 $1,411 $1,985 $2,164 $1,532 $8,218 $2,623 $2,505 $2,240 $1,166 $2,634 $2,625 $1,709 $2,304 $2,430
Wire Drawn -- C & A $2,099 $1,936 $1,610 $1,682 $1,653 $1,452 $1,328 $1,585 $1,296 $7,850 $1,299 $2,345 $2,524 $2,431 $1,625
Plates in Coils -- C & A $817 $819 $853 $1,316 $1,114 $1,400 $639 $596 $766 $1,601 $1,115 $1,238 $1,775 $1,554 $1,726
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $983 $603 $2,717 $3,785 $1,793 $1,143 $1,880 $1,196 $6,908 $887 $1,071 $1,342 $1,576 $1,449 $968
Tin Free Steel -- C & A $728 $672 $727 $744 $673 $764 $780 . $726 $732 $728 $891 $909 $838 $728
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $379 $619 $1,137 $658 $496 $549 $527 $721 $652 $749 $904 $909 $520 $739 $749
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $3,650 $204,533 $3,920 $3,480 $3,507 $1,055 $1,913 $1,426 $57,204 $2,591 $1,614 $2,524 $2,533 $11,609 $22,569
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $1,197 $1,156 $1,202 . . . $819 $1,744 . . $1,628 . $1,813 . $989
Tool Steel -- C & A $6,936 $11,078 $9,158 $11,475 $10,766 $8,948 $6,277 $7,332 $6,875 $10,698 $11,486 $3,555 $8,704 $5,912 $4,384
Wire Rods -- C & A . $658 $1,920 . $624 $586 $702 $1,078 $670 $709 $696 $1,605 $1,281 $1,637 $2,655
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $855 $717 . $1,066 $685 . $2,601 . $751 $751 $751 $751 $2,475 $649 .
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A . $802 $1,051 $1,030 $724 . . $1,232 $911 $783 $819 $819 $1,985 $1,183 .
Steel Piling -- C & A $5,971 . $3,234 . $909 $2,694 $2,902 . $2,632 . $2,908 $2,631 $2,631 $2,632 .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . $816 $4,628 . . . . . $23,087 . . $54,737 . .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . . . . $622 $651 $622 . . . $509 . . . .
Black Plate -- C & A . $647 $362 . $599 . . . $2,427 . . . . . .
Rails All Other -- C & A . . $759 . $759 $759 . . . . . . . . .
Rails Standard -- C & A $551 . $551 $551 $2,997 . . . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $5,432 $4,613 $4,854 $4,448 $4,988 $5,176 $4,392 $6,081 $6,089 $5,232 $6,870 $5,473 $7,202 $6,815 $7,809
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $4,259 $10,108 $5,664 $4,434 $4,349 $3,312 $4,208 $5,872 $4,335 $4,163 $7,197 $4,768 $4,817 $6,043 $7,589
Line Pipe -- S . $919 $1,072 $5,111 $3,321 $3,734 $1,242 $4,394 $1,506 $8,281 $3,813 $3,275 $1,834 $3,354 $7,408
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- S $12,140 $12,421 $11,478 $7,813 $16,223 $15,881 $13,617 $11,046 $14,404 $14,664 $8,388 $12,391 $15,104 $19,320 $12,975
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $3,113 $3,825 $4,334 $3,809 $3,150 $3,254 $3,733 $5,149 $3,644 $2,651 $3,638 $4,330 $4,648 $2,263 $3,718
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $6,774 $5,160 $4,579 $2,881 $3,081 $6,978 $4,076 $5,837 $4,339 $6,787 $7,743 $5,585 $7,393 $7,742 $4,265
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $9,863 $8,197 $6,979 $9,507 $6,770 $7,031 $7,416 $9,648 $13,412 $5,964 $9,920 $8,215 $12,226 $7,234 $23,625
Oil Country Goods -- S $5,488 $2,867 $2,834 $3,142 $3,095 $5,501 $1,631 $1,258 . $2,538 $11,348 $5,454 $8,546 $850 $3,827
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S $5,130 $4,572 $12,752 $9,710 $2,972 $15,827 $4,030 $5,260 $2,857 $5,831 $6,627 $3,341 $5,518 $4,328 $3,626
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $9,026 $26,469 $6,659 $3,866 $3,605 $5,352 $6,478 $33,512 $8,508 $6,846 $7,586 $3,883 $6,414 $4,825 $5,316
Wire Drawn -- S $14,692 $4,270 $7,250 $4,498 $8,758 $10,553 $4,556 $7,286 $6,145 $9,668 $11,136 $9,866 $8,478 $7,717 $10,637
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $1,993 $4,153 . $2,734 $1,681 . . . $6,657 $2,957 $7,103 $6,097 $11,245 . $4,536
Plates in Coils -- S $27,431 $3,214 $2,211 $3,215 . $3,214 . $3,658 . $3,215 $2,937 $2,332 $2,722 $14,428 $10,236
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $9,953 $10,094 $10,806 $7,181 $20,052 $16,841 $8,713 $9,086 $10,890 $10,348 $8,962 $7,831 $11,398 $7,276 $8,201
Wire Rods -- S $5,471 $3,098 $24,637 $2,642 $11,567 $67,265 $20,077 $18,640 $17,741 $67,043 $21,971 $12,421 $12,426 $31,746 $24,869
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $6,404 . $5,858 $6,436 $61,204 . $6,441 $8,289 $6,439 $8,905 $8,334 $8,597 $18,997 $6,440 $6,443
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . $18,305 $3,304 . $2,689 . . . $19,457 $14,181 . . $19,247 . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: October 15, 2008, with
Census data collected through August 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume exported during last THREE Months of the reported period
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
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