| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FROM CHINA | |||
| Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars | |||
| Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons |
Same Table - Average Unit Value |
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| Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons |
Same Table - Monthly Average US Dollars |
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| 'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products | |||
| Product | Census Data | ||||||||
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| Annual Total Value 2001 |
Annual Total Value 2002 |
Annual Total Value 2003 |
Annual Total Value 2004 |
Annual Total Value 2005 |
Annual Total Value 2006 |
Annual Total Value 2007 |
Total Value YTD Jan through Aug 2007 |
Annual Total Value 2008 (through August final) |
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| All Steel Mill Products | |||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | $282,156 | $258,789 | $264,532 | $1,096,569 | $1,675,781 | $3,586,679 | $3,944,961 | $3,177,177 | $2,799,601 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | |||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | $263,831 | $228,175 | $222,259 | $901,240 | $1,405,316 | $3,112,176 | $3,001,772 | $2,408,799 | $2,142,797 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | $50,858 | $36,170 | $62,271 | $114,625 | $392,502 | $723,670 | $854,551 | $661,542 | $972,018 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | $59,711 | $6,458 | $35,723 | $142,791 | $220,454 | $354,314 | $418,778 | $365,243 | $59,023 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | $4,418 | $86,617 | $61,034 | $304,209 | $272,383 | $513,173 | $243,339 | $236,857 | $53,717 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | $10,549 | $12,560 | $17,997 | $30,225 | $61,536 | $256,500 | $312,792 | $253,503 | $234,301 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | $12,193 | $3,516 | $17.88 | $110,638 | $94,702 | $456,576 | $256,604 | $198,692 | $236,915 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | $22,746 | $7,586 | $254.6 | $59,901 | $43,444 | $217,920 | $116,424 | $82,144 | $70,486 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | $20,494 | $26,826 | $29,341 | $63,481 | $90,987 | $133,337 | $139,203 | $110,348 | $114,859 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | $750.3 | $614.8 | $458.8 | $4,684 | $17,872 | $60,057 | $96,213 | $86,483 | $7,731 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | $4,034 | $2,973 | $5,007 | $17,169 | $64,308 | $123,749 | $133,797 | $109,766 | $47,948 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | $14,300 | $247.5 | $141.9 | $1,219 | $600.7 | $8,722 | $62,545 | $49,999 | $1,469 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | $471.9 | $469.5 | $620.5 | $2,260 | $21,028 | $38,752 | $87,914 | $56,700 | $169,083 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | $7.640 | . | $48.10 | $492.2 | $836.2 | $8,267 | $41,378 | $22,147 | $21,451 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A | . | $16.73 | $37.61 | $19.58 | $2,643 | $35,731 | $55,570 | $46,238 | $30,261 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | $25,367 | $8,413 | $1,771 | $1,929 | $13,242 | $21,995 | $23,222 | $12,251 | $23,430 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | $5,955 | $1,579 | $17.51 | $3,319 | $6,721 | $18,129 | $19,400 | $13,694 | $10,549 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | . | . | . | $87.37 | $1,286 | $3,633 | $10,445 | $9,241 | $2,195 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | $856.7 | $237.6 | $64.53 | $1,445 | $2,931 | $16,603 | $19,942 | $10,893 | $8,994 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | $6,236 | $26,611 | $61.28 | $14,774 | $32,433 | $16,661 | $7,865 | $6,468 | $2,658 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | $1,191 | $215.1 | $144.1 | $836.4 | $2,336 | $5,251 | $6,930 | $6,507 | $1,159 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | $84.94 | $38.55 | $17.56 | $43.99 | $32.79 | $9,579 | $7,043 | $4,026 | $246.3 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | $407.7 | $381.8 | $879.8 | $1,012 | $2,684 | $15,394 | $13,360 | $11,186 | $9,765 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | $7,321 | $3,797 | $6,072 | $20,553 | $55,145 | $48,330 | $46,536 | $32,571 | $49,876 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | $60.31 | $17.01 | $151.1 | $771.6 | $1,667 | $7,574 | $6,232 | $5,532 | $2,780 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | $1,194 | $437.6 | $19.70 | $100.1 | $695.2 | $3,061 | $7,323 | $5,580 | $1,897 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | $5,146 | $1,293 | $24.38 | . | $403.5 | $3,867 | $3,209 | $1,708 | $2,488 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | $306.0 | $1,005 | $5.717 | . | $1,235 | $3,626 | $2,177 | $1,441 | $1,319 |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | $60.12 | $10.20 | $5.664 | $152.1 | $55.99 | $480.4 | $1,665 | $1,544 | $35.67 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | . | . | . | $23.64 | $409.6 | $2,737 | $5,139 | $5,078 | $2,815 |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | $18.89 | $36.90 | $23.18 | $356.3 | $456.7 | $527.0 | $663.0 | $221.7 | $795.1 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | $5,928 | $8.294 | $2.970 | $40.20 | $185.1 | $2,389 | $557.0 | $418.7 | $252.6 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | . | $7.310 | $17.97 | $16.22 | $2.340 | $763.1 | $234.3 | $218.4 | . |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | $21.77 | $17.39 | $23.59 | $25.15 | $10.40 | $164.6 | $593.0 | $472.6 | $188.4 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | $3,143 | . | . | $3,993 | $31.96 | $564.5 | $102.0 | $56.06 | $2,060 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | $2.406 | $13.81 | $4.419 | $47.85 | $57.45 | $77.01 | $30.21 | $30.21 | $6.911 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $26.55 |
| Stainless Products | |||||||||
| All Stainless Products | $18,324 | $30,614 | $42,273 | $195,329 | $270,465 | $474,503 | $943,189 | $768,379 | $656,804 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | $3,251 | $7,550 | $11,203 | $112,461 | $120,737 | $271,255 | $432,072 | $365,921 | $397,008 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | $6,406 | $13,228 | $19,205 | $53,993 | $89,917 | $150,642 | $301,655 | $230,844 | $129,330 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | . | . | $6.565 | $275.2 | $499.6 | $3,109 | $82,735 | $68,742 | $33,157 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $42,907 | $36,111 | $31,730 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $8,737 | $8,420 | $2,355 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | $5,511 | $5,045 | $6,632 | $11,636 | $21,391 | $22,724 | $28,636 | $23,256 | $15,651 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | $7.705 | . | . | $87.01 | $821.0 | $6,588 | $17,354 | $13,947 | $16,736 |
| Wire Rods -- S | $1,319 | $2,576 | $1,912 | $6,439 | $8,300 | $8,604 | $8,509 | $7,176 | $6,413 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | $1,354 | $1,777 | $1,394 | $5,890 | $23,035 | $5,879 | $8,396 | $5,757 | $5,651 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | . | $30.16 | . | $1,134 | $798.6 | $1,137 | $6,806 | $3,816 | $10,040 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | $348.1 | $96.12 | $1,299 | $1,254 | $1,708 | $2,674 | $2,863 | $2,626 | $5,805 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | $2.671 | $66.75 | $135.4 | $562.4 | $1,565 | $1,127 | $1,146 | $837.1 | $1,368 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | $33.49 | $14.84 | $10.56 | $169.5 | $104.8 | $129.5 | $341.4 | $219.3 | $200.8 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | $45.11 | $113.6 | $137.9 | $708.8 | $1,042 | $411.5 | $915.4 | $644.2 | $1,152 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | . | . | $277.3 | $401.6 | $497.4 | $217.2 | $104.4 | $49.14 | $206.2 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | . | . | . | $267.2 | . | . | $12.20 | $12.20 | . |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | $45.57 | $116.3 | $60.68 | $50.46 | $49.74 | $7.486 | . | . | . |
| 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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