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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YTD Jan
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2008
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final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 691,229 749,797 582,898 1,676,120 2,153,803 4,889,683 4,184,720 3,444,060 2,212,979
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 682,657 734,031 562,486 1,599,916 2,063,635 4,732,769 3,979,117 3,274,583 2,062,568
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 87,820 58,029 109,922 159,247 422,179 686,310 812,125 624,544 863,269
Standard Pipe -- C & A 151,025 12,756 87,051 248,943 344,129 612,332 655,358 583,718 46,498
Wire Rods -- C & A 20,830 372,789 244,332 699,166 621,185 1,226,960 533,524 521,531 66,018
Line Pipe -- C & A 23,354 32,466 44,384 54,698 80,300 373,192 441,590 351,429 276,409
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 32,701 10,187 26.0 160,237 134,827 676,508 340,017 263,096 272,481
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 83,283 29,738 579.4 96,075 74,119 392,195 203,370 142,360 92,701
Wire Drawn -- C & A 34,240 51,393 56,290 91,434 124,589 180,431 160,954 131,997 93,999
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 738.0 1,443 706.9 5,235 25,915 98,739 159,474 145,105 5,025
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 7,305 5,689 7,857 21,666 72,699 156,472 156,273 134,187 34,600
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 48,829 431.5 205.4 1,910 1,113 14,136 112,722 93,344 1,016
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 661.9 559.0 696.5 2,512 23,685 52,524 96,737 65,011 171,014
Rails All Other -- C & A 3.01 . 69.4 645.6 945.4 13,514 69,247 37,715 32,556
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A . 19.5 3.97 7.23 3,702 44,473 64,130 52,905 30,329
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 82,400 28,211 5,497 2,964 20,711 33,900 27,496 14,891 22,555
Tin Plate -- C & A 11,225 2,940 31.6 3,759 8,063 26,296 26,849 19,009 12,525
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . . 82.7 1,459 6,015 15,626 13,976 2,907
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 1,725 401.5 227.1 2,094 4,029 17,138 14,774 8,824 6,389
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 33,805 115,493 74.1 31,554 67,894 34,334 14,484 13,381 1,926
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 3,955 551.5 430.8 1,659 4,340 10,036 13,452 12,642 1,147
Rails Standard -- C & A 51.3 12.0 16.2 34.1 47.8 15,793 12,177 7,047 247.0
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 1,068 677.8 857.3 928.8 3,604 15,333 10,069 8,545 5,926
Tool Steel -- C & A 3,893 2,016 2,858 7,707 17,459 13,062 10,005 6,960 11,654
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 47.6 22.9 110.4 714.5 2,079 10,981 7,390 6,655 1,763
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 862.5 358.6 21.9 88.8 560.9 2,421 7,089 5,650 615.5
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 13,474 3,638 95.1 . 508.0 5,154 3,695 1,714 2,164
Black Plate -- C & A 974.7 4,092 16.0 . 1,938 6,008 3,475 2,254 1,683
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 80.7 19.0 19.2 152.8 99.6 616.3 3,045 2,859 35.4
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A . . . 24.5 427.0 881.9 1,875 1,868 2,378
Railroad Accessories -- C & A 22.2 27.1 36.6 402.2 572.3 606.3 725.4 267.7 685.4
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 24,896 19.6 4.76 53.3 318.8 3,931 493.9 407.1 226.3
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . 22.9 20.6 28.1 0.50 1,366 452.3 421.0 .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 3.36 12.0 34.8 44.7 13.6 182.5 270.3 176.8 47.2
Plates in Coils -- C & A 13,372 . . 5,775 60.1 841.6 117.2 57.3 1,717
Steel Piling -- C & A 0.08 7.49 6.09 63.1 54.0 70.5 22.8 22.8 9.52
Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . . . . 37.7
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 8,571 15,766 20,411 76,203 90,168 156,913 205,603 169,476 150,411
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 2,153 5,169 7,087 49,134 51,083 103,933 98,922 81,269 98,934
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 2,210 4,951 7,141 15,558 21,816 36,024 49,191 39,854 18,383
Plates Cut Lengths -- S . . 0.97 98.5 176.1 809.6 16,755 13,832 6,809
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . . . 14,391 12,270 10,367
Line Pipe -- S . . . . . . 8,375 8,268 717.2
Wire Drawn -- S 2,187 2,064 2,663 3,737 6,137 6,213 6,235 4,986 3,338
Plates in Coils -- S 4.24 . . 33.1 315.2 1,717 4,081 3,248 4,155
Wire Rods -- S 1,244 2,548 1,946 4,046 4,403 4,640 3,552 2,950 2,437
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 455.1 849.7 635.9 1,720 4,270 1,575 1,528 1,114 903.9
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . 18.3 . 477.7 311.6 424.0 1,520 812.1 2,402
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 239.7 66.6 689.5 533.3 604.1 1,003 555.5 508.9 1,529
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 3.10 37.4 66.0 219.7 547.4 376.8 318.9 242.3 257.5
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 26.6 11.9 7.92 72.1 35.9 62.8 76.9 51.1 39.2
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 8.77 27.0 15.1 357.2 315.5 47.7 71.3 51.1 89.8
Bars-Light Shaped -- S . . 142.0 158.2 144.2 81.2 23.7 12.2 44.2
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . 36.6 . . 1.85 1.85 .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 37.5 20.7 14.2 19.0 7.38 2.47 . . .

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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