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

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
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  FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 MAR09 APR09
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 80,494 131,203 190,525 107,959 113,818 172,459 158,718 114,166 144,259 134,515 105,511 134,749 90,757 131,883 137,771 101,351
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 75,283 126,847 185,181 101,986 108,816 165,549 151,863 108,311 137,515 128,956 96,436 127,121 87,581 127,919 133,655 96,953
M Rails Standard -- C & A 15,179 21,055 18,957 17,825 11,419 23,059 11,331 8,366 11,211 12,361 6,795 14,994 24,334 15,059 15,058 2,781
M Line Pipe -- C & A 4,317 8,941 12,808 17,528 10,911 14,837 23,755 8,176 19,436 21,153 8,837 22,367 8,029 20,655 28,141 10,232
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 10,430 15,671 18,744 12,406 15,737 15,314 14,786 12,352 10,717 14,618 8,879 11,467 10,324 7,939 7,822 1,601
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . 21,931 25,329 1,768 16,622 13,696 35,293 15,237 16,430 . . . 9.25 . 0.03 .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 240.7 382.9 37,268 903.5 1,202 35,165 1,520 284.1 22,606 652.9 1,252 528.4 194.5 35,109 35,163 34,766
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 402.1 585.3 2,359 1,374 3,373 8,500 5,747 15,224 19,138 18,846 16,612 17,100 3,478 11,704 12,838 18,152
M Wire Rods -- C & A 9,387 9,054 12,902 7,529 6,481 9,736 7,553 8,247 5,172 12,717 8,248 7,420 6,892 3,368 3,348 1,960
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 4,056 4,568 5,314 4,510 4,282 5,458 8,044 3,491 5,997 6,976 4,085 5,216 5,322 3,392 5,855 1,250
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 707.1 3,445 2,048 3,399 3,130 1,995 6,285 5,723 2,931 6,143 4,912 6,258 3,253 2,008 1,776 1,813
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 3,343 2,842 3,895 3,278 2,571 4,032 3,700 4,137 1,736 5,308 5,214 4,724 3,292 3,555 3,536 2,091
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 4,893 5,102 4,988 4,819 3,763 5,090 3,925 2,769 3,511 3,051 2,566 3,208 1,446 1,339 1,220 846.6
M Tool Steel -- C & A 3,279 3,341 5,325 3,936 2,855 3,937 3,793 4,346 3,071 2,726 4,062 2,746 2,579 1,832 1,682 952.0
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 3,272 1,444 8,287 661.8 3,046 5,689 2,931 729.3 1,632 4,570 1,620 3,667 1,040 1,698 366.6 986.8
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 851.6 3,113 6,250 468.1 2,639 1,750 3,584 3,710 3,401 3,352 4,559 3,105 927.0 2,188 2,188 3,601
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 1,945 3,430 3,154 3,410 3,058 2,123 2,713 2,584 2,061 3,407 3,490 2,808 1,885 2,558 2,542 3,039
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 1,575 5,178 550.3 2,465 3,776 640.3 2,258 3,749 783.3 1,852 2,554 11,104 296.4 1,257 528.4 3,687
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 1,771 2,650 2,192 1,590 2,138 4,427 2,905 1,449 1,741 1,894 1,506 2,033 3,535 2,662 2,664 1,644
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 1,963 1,544 2,640 2,452 1,556 1,553 4,183 . 2,266 2,942 2,352 1,982 1,691 2,359 1,945 1,449
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 812.9 4,123 2,663 3,146 1,026 494.5 555.5 666.1 585.0 695.3 1,890 355.3 570.3 275.2 308.0 280.6
M Black Plate -- C & A 1,776 987.7 458.1 2,194 423.0 484.5 710.3 295.5 220.4 671.4 291.1 503.0 2,931 5,458 3,439 2,383
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 811.6 882.0 1,819 633.3 502.3 479.3 911.9 2,002 1,388 1,505 1,386 1,790 1,133 1,419 1,173 1,247
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 716.8 615.9 2,079 490.3 2,546 1,034 1,595 1,929 597.4 885.0 931.0 579.8 611.9 1,099 1,041 684.8
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 413.4 1,228 2,766 2,351 893.1 3,137 914.9 1,130 2.90 391.2 263.8 212.5 201.9 . 0.60 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . 2,767 . . 2,867 . . . . . 2,564 . . . . .
M Rails All Other -- C & A 885.9 301.1 142.1 1,124 11.6 134.5 1,018 571.7 41.1 9.56 22.6 1,018 1,094 224.7 225.0 629.9
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 506.3 680.1 690.4 637.7 744.3 682.1 491.5 374.6 138.2 120.6 154.5 84.2 249.2 74.8 90.1 132.2
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 588.2 320.1 472.0 200.7 534.8 537.7 328.4 294.5 320.5 451.7 394.0 279.0 234.3 148.9 80.3 48.6
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A . 70.1 28.7 . . 753.6 417.0 . . 1,025 54.7 870.0 1,447 236.8 236.8 .
M Tin Plate -- C & A 322.4 136.5 77.0 92.3 341.2 351.1 238.0 167.6 64.6 310.4 410.6 340.6 124.9 119.3 156.4 183.8
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 151.1 204.4 326.2 203.9 182.8 307.6 213.9 221.3 190.4 148.0 149.2 205.2 130.7 111.6 106.8 160.8
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 56.5 228.9 577.4 527.2 154.9 29.3 118.5 13.9 92.1 73.4 298.3 41.2 163.3 44.5 46.6 50.3
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 101.9 . 5.49 52.6 19.6 113.3 33.8 63.3 24.1 92.8 74.3 105.1 153.9 17.2 69.2 12.2
M Steel Piling -- C & A 509.4 5.53 56.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.0
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 10.5 10.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 5,210 4,356 5,343 5,972 5,002 6,909 6,855 5,855 6,744 5,558 9,074 7,627 3,175 3,963 4,116 4,398
M Oil Country Goods -- S 2,056 1,267 1,802 2,249 1,531 3,140 3,436 2,815 3,546 2,767 6,022 4,211 1,235 2,217 2,241 2,687
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 1,007 1,076 1,483 1,643 1,426 1,242 1,384 1,076 1,705 1,138 1,410 1,423 803.0 716.8 716.9 443.9
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 468.2 661.5 674.6 610.0 890.0 1,064 825.4 629.4 588.9 765.3 994.2 972.6 447.4 612.8 606.3 747.6
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 553.4 484.2 442.5 408.7 287.7 570.1 444.9 370.8 320.3 460.4 210.7 188.8 174.5 200.4 129.7 176.4
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 235.2 469.6 346.4 423.5 396.3 349.1 367.9 387.1 320.1 249.6 265.6 271.9 78.0 52.3 52.3 108.7
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 538.3 154.4 174.8 152.1 78.9 251.9 163.6 206.4 115.0 71.9 32.8 171.7 30.1 40.7 29.6 58.0
M Wire Drawn -- S 140.7 154.4 169.5 107.0 112.1 153.8 107.3 141.6 84.9 52.3 103.9 65.7 123.7 114.1 96.4 81.0
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 53.0 28.8 146.6 268.0 173.2 30.3 58.8 105.2 . 0.74 . 77.5 11.0 0.29 0.04 .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 89.7 4.61 34.8 39.7 46.9 49.1 6.62 57.8 9.78 12.8 18.1 26.6 19.4 . . 18.0
M Line Pipe -- S 1.99 . 16.3 34.6 . . . 14.2 4.78 10.1 . 58.3 216.3 . 240.8 74.8
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 34.9 7.14 18.7 18.1 24.6 6.41 42.2 32.4 24.0 4.17 1.88 18.3 33.1 2.29 2.11 1.91
M Plates in Coils -- S . 18.8 . . . 19.3 . . . . . 119.5 . . . .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 21.5 13.4 32.4 7.65 18.6 13.1 13.1 6.44 2.24 7.04 2.24 10.3 2.24 . . .
M Wire Rods -- S 2.40 11.0 . 3.31 2.43 16.6 4.43 8.12 6.15 17.0 11.6 10.4 . . . .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 2.25 3.48 . 6.53 3.95 1.86 . 3.45 0.53 0.71 . 0.53 1.37 5.80 0.00 0.00
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 5.02 . 0.28 . 8.91 . . . 16.1 . . . . . . 0.02

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 5, 2009, with
Licensing data collected through May 5, 2009 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through March 2009
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data
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