| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FROM CHINA | |||
| Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton | |||
| Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons |
Same Table - US Dollars |
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| Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons |
Same Table - Annual Total US Dollars |
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| 'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products | |||
| Product | Census Data | ||||||||
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| AUV 2001 |
AUV 2002 |
AUV 2003 |
AUV 2004 |
AUV 2005 |
AUV 2006 |
AUV 2007 |
AUV YTD Jan through Aug 2007 |
AUV 2008 (through August final) |
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| All Steel Mill Products | |||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | $408 | $345 | $454 | $654 | $778 | $734 | $943 | $923 | $1,265 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | |||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | $386 | $311 | $395 | $563 | $681 | $658 | $754 | $736 | $1,039 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | $579 | $623 | $567 | $720 | $930 | $1,054 | $1,052 | $1,059 | $1,126 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | $395 | $506 | $410 | $574 | $641 | $579 | $639 | $626 | $1,269 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | $212 | $232 | $250 | $435 | $438 | $418 | $456 | $454 | $814 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | $452 | $387 | $405 | $553 | $766 | $687 | $708 | $721 | $848 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | $373 | $345 | $688 | $690 | $702 | $675 | $755 | $755 | $869 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | $273 | $255 | $439 | $623 | $586 | $556 | $572 | $577 | $760 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | $599 | $522 | $521 | $694 | $730 | $739 | $865 | $836 | $1,222 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | $1,017 | $426 | $649 | $895 | $690 | $608 | $603 | $596 | $1,538 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | $552 | $523 | $637 | $792 | $885 | $791 | $856 | $818 | $1,386 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | $293 | $573 | $690 | $638 | $540 | $617 | $555 | $536 | $1,445 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | $713 | $840 | $891 | $899 | $888 | $738 | $909 | $872 | $989 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | $2,537 | . | $692 | $762 | $884 | $612 | $598 | $587 | $659 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A | . | $855 | $9,472 | $2,707 | $714 | $803 | $867 | $874 | $998 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | $308 | $298 | $322 | $651 | $639 | $649 | $845 | $823 | $1,039 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | $530 | $537 | $554 | $883 | $834 | $689 | $723 | $720 | $842 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | . | . | . | $1,056 | $881 | $604 | $668 | $661 | $755 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | $496 | $592 | $284 | $690 | $727 | $969 | $1,350 | $1,234 | $1,408 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | $184 | $230 | $826 | $468 | $478 | $485 | $543 | $483 | $1,379 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | $301 | $390 | $335 | $504 | $538 | $523 | $515 | $515 | $1,011 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | $1,655 | $3,207 | $1,079 | $1,290 | $685 | $607 | $578 | $571 | $997 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | $382 | $563 | $1,026 | $1,090 | $745 | $1,004 | $1,327 | $1,309 | $1,648 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | $1,880 | $1,882 | $2,124 | $2,667 | $3,158 | $3,700 | $4,651 | $4,680 | $4,279 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | $1,265 | $742 | $1,368 | $1,080 | $801 | $690 | $843 | $831 | $1,576 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | $1,385 | $1,220 | $899 | $1,126 | $1,239 | $1,264 | $1,033 | $988 | $3,082 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | $382 | $355 | $256 | . | $794 | $750 | $868 | $996 | $1,149 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | $314 | $246 | $357 | . | $637 | $603 | $626 | $639 | $783 |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | $744 | $537 | $295 | $995 | $562 | $779 | $547 | $540 | $1,007 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | . | . | . | $963 | $959 | $3,104 | $2,740 | $2,719 | $1,184 |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | $847 | $1,359 | $633 | $886 | $798 | $869 | $914 | $828 | $1,160 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | $238 | $422 | $623 | $754 | $580 | $608 | $1,128 | $1,028 | $1,116 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | . | $319 | $872 | $577 | $4,625 | $558 | $518 | $519 | . |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | $6,467 | $1,447 | $676 | $562 | $765 | $902 | $2,193 | $2,672 | $3,987 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | $235 | . | . | $691 | $531 | $671 | $870 | $978 | $1,199 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | $28,988 | $1,842 | $725 | $758 | $1,063 | $1,092 | $1,320 | $1,320 | $725 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $703 |
| Stainless Products | |||||||||
| All Stainless Products | $2,138 | $1,942 | $2,071 | $2,563 | $3,000 | $3,024 | $4,587 | $4,534 | $4,367 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | $1,510 | $1,460 | $1,581 | $2,289 | $2,364 | $2,610 | $4,368 | $4,503 | $4,013 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | $2,898 | $2,671 | $2,689 | $3,470 | $4,121 | $4,182 | $6,132 | $5,792 | $7,035 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | . | . | $6,733 | $2,791 | $2,837 | $3,840 | $4,938 | $4,970 | $4,869 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $2,981 | $2,943 | $3,060 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,043 | $1,018 | $3,284 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | $2,519 | $2,444 | $2,490 | $3,113 | $3,485 | $3,657 | $4,592 | $4,663 | $4,688 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | $1,815 | . | . | $2,628 | $2,604 | $3,835 | $4,251 | $4,293 | $4,027 |
| Wire Rods -- S | $1,060 | $1,011 | $982 | $1,591 | $1,885 | $1,854 | $2,395 | $2,432 | $2,631 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | $2,975 | $2,091 | $2,192 | $3,423 | $5,394 | $3,732 | $5,494 | $5,165 | $6,252 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | . | $1,642 | . | $2,373 | $2,563 | $2,680 | $4,476 | $4,698 | $4,179 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | $1,452 | $1,442 | $1,884 | $2,352 | $2,827 | $2,665 | $5,154 | $5,160 | $3,795 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | $861 | $1,782 | $2,049 | $2,559 | $2,859 | $2,989 | $3,595 | $3,454 | $5,313 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | $1,257 | $1,239 | $1,332 | $2,350 | $2,919 | $2,062 | $4,437 | $4,285 | $5,121 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | $5,143 | $4,198 | $9,115 | $1,984 | $3,302 | $8,611 | $12,828 | $12,583 | $12,824 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | . | . | $1,952 | $2,538 | $3,447 | $2,674 | $4,390 | $4,011 | $4,664 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | . | . | . | $7,286 | . | . | $6,594 | $6,594 | . |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | $1,215 | $5,593 | $4,257 | $2,644 | $6,731 | $3,028 | . | . | . |
| 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 |
| To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page. |
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