US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA

Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - US Dollars

Same Table - Average Unit Value
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  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 214,676 220,440 163,873 261,950 334,487 322,481 447,406 515,664 660,013 546,709 441,165 396,119 246,987 177,688 141,625 84,272
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 195,782 203,090 141,171 242,198 314,660 303,240 430,718 504,258 645,224 529,035 429,735 383,519 239,250 166,749 130,861 80,623
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 83,515 90,910 69,096 89,496 140,662 132,765 173,020 278,302 297,589 333,281 259,111 275,909 171,970 114,664 88,299 42,373
M Line Pipe -- C & A 37,287 21,995 23,312 31,988 43,557 31,755 42,404 51,071 58,432 52,834 48,429 28,032 11,159 6,119 5,189 11,143
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 16,150 32,522 12,657 64,524 37,747 32,636 49,014 38,346 68,246 20,406 26,224 11,525 13,257 12,213 9,354 2,377
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 16,089 7,106 3,617 3,636 25,461 34,508 72,038 32,641 75,223 45,218 14,462 8,940 8,350 1,922 284.7 1,886
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 8,012 8,586 5,934 10,667 15,404 16,565 8,172 28,512 31,922 14,119 13,623 12,846 8,769 4,573 3,901 2,102
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 6,402 7,609 11,971 14,611 14,376 15,420 15,134 11,592 10,811 6,687 7,182 8,258 6,287 6,020 5,792 6,099
M Wire Rods -- C & A 1,028 14.8 . 5,481 5,776 15,172 23,878 12,592 53,299 7,534 4,819 6,091 14.5 . . 1,303
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 2,972 4,342 2,587 3,370 3,891 3,144 6,886 12,294 7,236 12,597 13,435 8,541 5,444 5,632 3,931 3,992
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 3,294 3,947 2,924 7,749 4,862 7,378 10,137 10,007 7,933 7,850 9,614 7,169 2,718 3,767 3,251 987.1
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 4,604 657.9 2,788 3,010 5,346 5,886 6,206 14,908 14,739 8,475 1,916 3,231 1,393 3,404 3,234 527.0
M Rails All Other -- C & A 5,470 15,208 102.6 412.2 103.2 843.0 10,025 459.7 2.56 154.4 15,880 . 258.8 186.4 254.1 246.0
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 605.6 5,212 642.6 2,391 8,955 263.0 3,506 3,471 703.2 7,803 2,889 244.3 778.1 542.0 544.3 23.7
M Tin Plate -- C & A 4,192 520.8 923.0 28.4 2,233 1,875 1,261 692.4 2,376 107.4 131.8 2,565 301.3 3,389 3,376 1,872
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 755.9 573.5 600.2 174.3 617.0 720.8 2,174 1,332 3,989 3,128 3,913 595.0 632.7 994.9 529.8 317.1
M Tool Steel -- C & A 1,430 1,456 1,580 1,778 1,748 1,339 1,054 1,453 1,546 1,656 1,205 1,515 812.7 699.0 907.5 351.5
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 775.5 1,533 526.3 538.1 1,329 607.2 609.3 2,736 2,914 1,086 455.5 631.4 2,940 931.9 935.8 360.5
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 783.3 205.2 259.7 170.6 950.3 965.1 1,170 1,220 1,288 1,345 2,111 1,382 800.3 217.3 129.2 509.5
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 1,082 . 184.6 929.3 39.3 49.2 84.9 261.1 2,937 217.4 1,425 3,698 139.3 23.8 26.4 119.3
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 89.8 3.97 600.0 . 38.6 104.0 1,519 80.0 1,026 1,771 1,182 301.2 1,823 9.10 19.6 9.18
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 6.39 148.9 84.3 72.9 485.0 125.0 800.9 884.1 728.9 652.1 144.9 783.6 212.3 21.8 13.7 2,151
M Black Plate -- C & A 299.7 93.1 283.8 . 439.0 141.5 144.3 155.8 855.9 724.6 . 261.3 56.5 117.1 113.8 113.9
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 337.8 31.3 41.9 205.5 135.9 163.1 376.7 87.1 199.5 358.7 386.4 467.0 335.9 48.5 18.1 288.9
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 222.6 51.2 . 51.8 20.1 82.4 51.7 206.7 426.1 656.0 379.3 191.3 59.9 76.0 76.0 306.4
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 95.4 106.6 133.9 227.1 233.7 388.4 309.2 2.82 355.8 32.3 2.75 85.7 134.8 99.3 100.0 131.3
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 135.9 77.1 45.7 19.4 73.9 48.8 368.4 133.5 260.1 231.7 24.1 84.4 118.9 1.03 88.0 78.9
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . 37.7 . . . . . . . . . 391.2 997.5 432.6 897.5
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 72.5 62.2 16.7 357.3 82.3 106.5 288.8 259.6 16.7 30.6 19.8 74.7 . 3.06 . 6.00
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 49.8 101.0 72.5 80.2 36.6 123.8 73.7 178.6 112.6 20.4 119.4 16.0 36.6 36.8 19.1 38.9
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A . . 3.92 176.8 2.46 . 1.52 323.0 . 5.53 367.0 6.07 31.6 2.29 2.29 0.17
M Rails Standard -- C & A . . 136.6 . 34.8 58.3 . 3.51 . . 58.7 . . 22.2 29.1 .
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 3.80 . . 31.6 . . . 39.6 39.6 39.6 39.6 17.2 8.00 . . 4.52
M Plates in Coils -- C & A . 8.90 . . 0.71 . 1.42 2.96 4.01 . 177.0 . . . . .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 11.1 1.68 3.20 8.31 12.0 0.76 . . . 6.72 . 50.4 2.00 . 0.05 2.03
M Steel Piling -- C & A . . . 9.52 . . . . 6.55 . . . 8.88 10.7 5.65 .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 18,894 17,349 22,702 19,751 19,826 19,241 16,688 11,405 14,788 17,674 11,430 12,600 7,736 10,939 10,764 3,649
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 14,386 11,615 14,897 11,816 12,827 13,325 11,077 6,328 7,271 5,768 3,477 3,921 1,387 1,468 1,329 1,167
M Oil Country Goods -- S 268.0 837.6 585.9 3,089 2,360 1,428 899.7 1,569 2,884 7,485 4,588 4,415 3,817 4,597 2,313 970.2
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 2,476 2,723 2,483 2,089 1,723 1,192 1,952 1,352 1,856 1,204 1,454 1,831 1,381 4,288 6,439 834.5
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 512.3 906.5 1,646 715.6 866.9 489.7 390.8 141.1 889.5 1,409 1,030 1,560 653.1 69.7 62.8 17.5
M Plates in Coils -- S 548.4 314.6 747.1 583.3 666.7 803.7 302.4 540.9 698.5 311.5 119.9 90.4 89.4 111.0 132.1 209.0
M Wire Drawn -- S 315.1 363.3 402.0 449.9 523.3 474.6 513.1 458.8 347.7 325.3 340.7 403.0 207.5 155.6 167.8 253.7
M Wire Rods -- S 135.4 151.6 785.5 464.2 240.7 334.4 90.8 339.7 278.0 747.1 176.0 64.0 52.0 17.4 17.4 35.9
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 12.6 355.8 543.0 221.5 266.8 434.3 491.7 449.3 216.0 189.5 141.6 92.8 27.0 122.2 121.9 7.33
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 26.9 0.28 346.0 188.2 55.9 512.7 362.4 53.2 103.0 46.2 . 19.7 16.6 45.5 49.5 36.7
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 132.9 57.2 124.3 86.2 187.3 122.7 84.1 50.0 136.9 78.0 33.6 127.8 58.5 28.7 31.6 80.4
M Line Pipe -- S 36.7 12.9 104.9 2.15 10.0 23.9 491.2 79.9 1.86 12.3 27.2 . 36.3 . 47.4 13.2
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 22.4 10.3 22.5 29.2 64.6 47.3 8.92 10.8 81.5 92.2 14.5 37.4 1.67 22.1 20.5 3.81
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 12.5 0.16 4.54 3.40 11.7 29.6 19.2 4.63 9.34 4.09 26.5 36.2 7.48 2.13 20.4 18.0
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 7.52 . . . 19.8 . 2.97 26.2 . . . . . 10.1 10.1 0.00
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S . . 7.78 13.1 . 22.2 . 0.40 13.8 . . . . . . .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.81

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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