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 2,252,849 2,332,179 2,702,525 2,268,814 2,476,551 2,638,789 2,310,852 2,674,915 2,828,485 2,183,803 1,874,759 2,148,659 1,441,355 1,364,925 1,363,758 1,060,982
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 2,166,107 2,243,699 2,611,246 2,177,715 2,389,365 2,542,842 2,226,981 2,603,831 2,749,004 2,110,094 1,814,790 2,086,259 1,397,943 1,314,066 1,305,865 1,017,354
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 491,765 403,963 670,189 402,592 539,563 590,893 438,335 439,520 557,864 158,181 186,097 183,890 92,009 54,659 53,442 105,104
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 133,794 199,844 171,527 207,309 236,157 284,014 289,382 428,530 471,961 506,839 417,652 461,293 247,499 225,833 191,696 93,150
M Line Pipe -- C & A 263,219 248,313 255,591 244,650 257,202 255,925 169,805 253,012 257,104 232,739 205,688 258,580 130,362 162,139 173,689 131,418
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 225,957 173,798 246,790 238,641 223,417 218,168 206,031 239,696 214,943 138,091 137,436 137,299 151,646 140,557 153,398 105,749
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 102,648 151,644 104,324 197,727 123,255 147,047 132,566 179,810 157,402 108,878 112,357 92,146 86,290 109,987 115,500 88,711
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 81,710 100,034 105,722 82,213 124,677 127,992 151,140 98,197 155,874 109,481 74,942 94,119 60,818 40,274 39,358 31,917
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 57,831 77,132 101,929 69,316 70,913 81,674 86,564 133,296 134,927 143,366 47,867 54,913 83,432 53,675 72,158 34,605
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 60,778 103,821 92,718 70,846 104,017 87,937 89,376 109,982 95,446 89,537 92,532 102,625 42,822 53,094 50,884 41,798
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 57,764 109,505 80,532 67,699 88,141 95,766 96,490 101,784 87,568 118,283 71,250 102,194 65,313 33,576 35,262 27,655
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 95,303 82,156 77,235 92,299 78,612 78,235 59,178 81,664 107,284 68,969 57,995 92,410 102,129 85,861 86,535 91,753
M Wire Rods -- C & A 70,502 75,402 145,798 66,256 107,118 85,280 70,449 87,637 106,175 96,663 93,443 78,378 38,822 35,857 34,819 28,447
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 108,264 110,462 157,383 51,307 60,723 79,308 75,503 52,870 34,294 22,780 12,448 49,212 28,645 73,017 60,147 25,214
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 92,913 57,137 61,638 72,447 43,429 45,762 36,403 38,521 30,568 25,395 36,487 97,864 37,247 15,959 15,103 18,568
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 52,263 51,779 58,912 57,977 58,360 57,623 53,167 47,743 44,764 33,944 32,526 33,021 27,986 32,369 31,784 30,808
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,276 33,944 48,172 45,717 50,455 50,719 45,257 26,347 38,361 36,275 26,439
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 32,830 27,039 24,791 22,819 34,810 47,240 43,882 76,052 45,225 36,655 18,374 38,980 28,174 23,048 22,108 22,201
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 37,731 40,596 39,708 40,518 46,996 42,337 38,596 43,291 30,498 25,174 19,554 28,208 23,600 18,805 18,801 17,415
M Tin Plate -- C & A 22,508 27,943 13,203 20,152 21,364 20,821 18,934 30,769 35,606 29,001 22,212 19,414 15,750 21,698 20,478 18,816
M Rails Standard -- C & A 21,208 21,969 20,281 23,311 12,177 28,244 16,699 9,752 18,272 18,540 13,889 20,622 24,538 23,832 30,470 4,948
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 14,414 17,421 25,654 14,414 16,537 17,131 13,436 13,578 23,710 12,395 13,130 15,579 22,101 10,095 10,327 11,507
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 11,869 12,154 16,960 12,951 12,619 16,072 13,523 17,419 14,974 15,367 10,645 17,503 5,971 8,773 5,380 10,748
M Tool Steel -- C & A 12,528 13,997 15,026 12,755 11,703 12,294 9,803 11,769 10,976 10,419 10,736 8,387 7,036 5,767 5,633 3,692
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 11,816 16,408 13,605 12,348 15,978 14,973 11,293 9,647 8,697 4,281 7,290 6,581 6,501 5,596 5,487 4,924
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 17,352 9,533 7,736 8,513 7,335 9,924 11,473 9,379 13,016 12,376 9,464 7,281 5,742 6,170 5,867 5,675
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 11,171 10,847 9,894 9,642 8,991 10,659 10,696 8,762 9,056 8,631 7,744 7,229 6,365 7,217 7,032 7,478
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 5,275 10,926 9,512 5,337 7,268 11,859 9,674 8,954 10,001 10,174 9,073 7,747 11,019 7,997 7,922 4,030
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 8,761 7,166 12,544 9,315 10,429 9,500 9,899 3,281 6,215 6,373 7,224 5,915 4,718 6,597 5,616 5,621
M Steel Piling -- C & A 6,169 7,863 10,835 4,631 7,824 8,572 10,496 10,172 6,401 6,611 8,612 5,374 608.1 1,126 1,034 5,162
M Rails All Other -- C & A 8,578 16,301 1,646 4,269 2,271 4,426 13,175 3,093 2,865 1,263 18,365 2,956 1,913 968.4 1,036 1,871
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 4,540 3,375 5,040 4,610 2,665 2,938 3,563 3,655 3,352 2,047 2,600 2,330 2,682 3,083 3,298 2,841
M Black Plate -- C & A 4,532 1,183 816.6 2,194 5,038 683.2 872.4 470.7 1,076 1,610 771.8 1,309 6,080 5,593 3,560 5,779
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 1,614 530.9 518.0 1,825 520.2 1,171 839.8 544.2 3,767 2,118 1,567 4,694 1,884 528.8 570.1 274.1
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 1,168 1,357 1,417 1,368 1,238 1,440 1,183 1,493 1,407 1,290 1,214 970.4 660.5 574.3 590.1 605.2
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 513.4 1,195 571.6 898.4 409.5 559.5 329.7 879.0 1,297 1,319 1,776 433.9 443.6 442.4 249.1 945.9
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 182.5 322.6 424.1 261.1 345.6 85.5 267.8 423.1 683.8 831.7 1,097 1,526 777.8 920.3 343.7 1,467
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 86,741 88,480 91,279 91,098 87,186 95,947 83,871 71,084 79,481 73,708 59,968 62,400 43,412 50,858 57,892 43,628
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 33,553 32,750 35,159 32,194 30,156 32,181 26,450 21,154 24,022 16,366 11,992 13,994 9,495 10,374 11,016 10,864
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 8,675 11,281 11,602 10,943 10,845 10,838 10,724 10,345 10,707 10,841 9,568 9,988 6,542 11,491 13,205 7,863
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 11,164 9,211 8,671 8,327 8,813 9,769 7,593 6,550 9,982 7,354 7,728 6,542 7,057 4,879 5,012 5,099
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 7,033 6,847 7,776 6,811 8,014 8,277 6,851 6,134 6,081 6,329 5,637 5,388 4,834 5,513 5,585 4,863
M Oil Country Goods -- S 2,439 2,182 2,428 5,428 4,013 4,656 5,081 5,022 6,739 11,502 10,783 9,820 5,340 6,893 10,967 3,724
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 5,466 6,006 4,497 6,085 5,686 5,780 5,190 4,511 4,338 4,527 3,132 4,428 1,935 1,120 1,062 1,202
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 3,620 3,151 3,218 3,706 3,763 4,670 4,063 3,218 2,857 2,967 2,310 2,174 1,811 2,435 2,407 1,706
M Wire Drawn -- S 3,057 3,214 3,674 3,971 3,312 3,202 3,844 3,085 3,236 3,052 2,216 2,612 1,943 2,096 2,042 2,221
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 2,044 4,220 2,813 3,861 2,273 2,095 3,123 2,285 2,737 2,229 1,762 2,115 1,336 1,234 1,249 755.2
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 2,530 3,596 2,760 2,815 2,629 3,211 3,064 2,395 2,942 1,869 1,429 1,918 1,150 1,631 1,573 1,793
M Plates in Coils -- S 3,037 1,437 2,174 2,736 2,522 4,079 1,622 2,273 1,646 1,346 829.2 808.9 766.0 367.5 751.9 1,133
M Wire Rods -- S 1,782 1,852 2,762 2,124 1,824 2,789 1,617 1,860 1,931 2,110 822.1 997.8 584.1 685.2 672.5 984.2
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 965.9 1,470 2,102 842.6 1,379 2,653 2,839 927.8 1,458 2,276 1,142 389.6 47.0 1,284 1,123 352.5
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 599.5 709.8 575.4 769.2 863.1 954.2 972.2 894.0 603.6 750.0 318.2 493.1 204.1 680.4 670.6 472.1
M Line Pipe -- S 418.7 49.3 740.0 57.6 623.6 179.5 503.6 130.9 10.4 24.8 212.2 547.2 283.5 35.4 371.5 472.3
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 188.9 103.4 166.1 260.7 255.4 541.0 236.4 146.1 173.9 137.8 74.0 164.7 72.6 107.1 89.3 97.6
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 161.8 393.8 155.6 160.0 206.1 64.8 89.6 147.6 10.6 22.1 7.12 14.0 6.91 26.5 90.8 20.4

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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