US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM SOUTH AFRICA

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 3,103 10,583 5,083 4,118 5,103 4,978 4,993 11,756 3,130 4,922 9,713 7,956 4,939 1,308 1,310 3,443
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 755.0 7,797 4,656 901.0 4,112 3,925 2,114 9,976 1,477 3,640 9,045 6,453 4,796 961.2 963.9 3,258
M Line Pipe -- C & A . 3,087 2,002 . 314.6 2,128 . 4,603 11.6 1,146 2,321 4.84 407.1 . . 280.8
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 423.0 2,631 506.1 75.1 2,041 83.5 143.3 . 36.9 30.6 636.8 1,193 2,798 . . .
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A . 769.3 411.8 . 1,110 . . 2,983 . 1,868 2,164 . 757.9 . . .
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 231.9 274.0 357.5 530.3 454.9 439.3 1,205 695.6 771.4 493.0 835.5 630.6 39.3 776.1 776.1 495.1
M Standard Pipe -- C & A . 837.9 847.4 . . 809.3 . 1,178 292.7 . 2,494 140.6 505.9 . . 131.3
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 56.1 . 154.1 118.6 22.4 98.9 59.0 13.9 113.2 25.6 . 3,965 82.3 61.3 62.5 366.5
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 43.9 76.4 150.8 104.8 120.6 37.1 212.2 239.4 120.2 76.4 64.3 329.9 . 123.7 123.7 84.1
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A . 120.2 226.3 . 47.4 208.8 . 73.5 . . 419.7 3.78 18.6 . 1.47 0.65
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A . . . 72.1 . 119.7 . 187.3 131.5 . 107.4 184.3 186.4 . . .
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A . . . . . . 494.3 . . . . . . . . 1,899
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 .
M Tool Steel -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.09
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 2,348 2,786 426.7 3,217 991.5 1,052 2,879 1,780 1,652 1,282 668.1 1,502 142.6 346.8 346.8 185.5
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 1,514 896.5 . 980.3 340.9 352.8 1,194 524.0 459.2 339.9 304.6 662.4 68.1 346.8 346.8 139.0
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 537.2 1,356 311.9 1,528 397.8 131.7 1,154 615.5 548.2 661.0 82.8 204.2 30.5 . . 21.4
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 296.6 504.7 92.5 301.0 221.1 568.2 519.6 317.7 607.7 234.8 247.0 567.2 41.3 . . .
M Plates in Coils -- S . 28.3 20.5 407.3 31.5 . 10.5 322.8 37.5 46.3 33.7 68.6 . . . .
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S . . 1.66 . . . . . . . . . 2.65 . . .
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0

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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