| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FROM CHINA | |||
| Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars | |||
| Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons |
Same Table - Average Unit Value |
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| Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons |
Same Table - Monthly Average US Dollars |
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| 'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products | |||
| Product | Census Data | |||||||||
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| Annual Total Value 2001 |
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Annual Total Value 2005 |
Annual Total Value 2006 |
Annual Total Value 2007 |
Annual Total Value 2008 |
Total Value YTD Jan through Feb 2008 |
Annual Total Value 2009 (through February final) |
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| All Steel Mill Products | ||||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | $282,156 | $258,789 | $264,532 | $1,096,569 | $1,675,781 | $3,586,679 | $3,944,961 | $5,964,470 | $537,831 | $1,009,014 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | ||||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | $263,831 | $228,175 | $222,259 | $901,240 | $1,405,316 | $3,112,176 | $3,001,772 | $5,097,073 | $385,534 | $940,810 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | $50,858 | $36,170 | $62,271 | $114,625 | $392,502 | $723,670 | $854,551 | $2,745,469 | $161,503 | $717,540 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | $10,549 | $12,560 | $17,997 | $30,225 | $61,536 | $256,500 | $312,792 | $497,801 | $63,528 | $53,589 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | $12,193 | $3,516 | $17.88 | $110,638 | $94,702 | $456,576 | $256,604 | $409,130 | $31,764 | $21,923 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | $471.9 | $469.5 | $620.5 | $2,260 | $21,028 | $38,752 | $87,914 | $361,883 | $24,098 | $22,470 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | $22,746 | $7,586 | $254.6 | $59,901 | $43,444 | $217,920 | $116,424 | $164,796 | $16,226 | $17,882 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | $4,418 | $86,617 | $61,034 | $304,209 | $272,383 | $513,173 | $243,339 | $140,025 | $10,038 | $5,947 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | $20,494 | $26,826 | $29,341 | $63,481 | $90,987 | $133,337 | $139,203 | $167,470 | $15,970 | $17,588 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | $59,711 | $6,458 | $35,723 | $142,791 | $220,454 | $354,314 | $418,778 | $113,773 | $11,148 | $16,740 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | $4,034 | $2,973 | $5,007 | $17,169 | $64,308 | $123,749 | $133,797 | $122,338 | $12,506 | $23,223 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A | . | $16.73 | $37.61 | $19.58 | $2,643 | $35,731 | $55,570 | $81,613 | $5,413 | $5,190 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | $7.640 | . | $48.10 | $492.2 | $836.2 | $8,267 | $41,378 | $37,418 | $3,749 | $208.4 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | $25,367 | $8,413 | $1,771 | $1,929 | $13,242 | $21,995 | $23,222 | $45,763 | $1,854 | $1,948 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | $407.7 | $381.8 | $879.8 | $1,012 | $2,684 | $15,394 | $13,360 | $30,317 | $1,716 | $2,220 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | $7,321 | $3,797 | $6,072 | $20,553 | $55,145 | $48,330 | $46,536 | $77,025 | $10,541 | $9,905 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | $5,955 | $1,579 | $17.51 | $3,319 | $6,721 | $18,129 | $19,400 | $13,486 | $4,539 | $3,163 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | $856.7 | $237.6 | $64.53 | $1,445 | $2,931 | $16,603 | $19,942 | $21,477 | $2,028 | $5,631 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | $750.3 | $614.8 | $458.8 | $4,684 | $17,872 | $60,057 | $96,213 | $19,560 | $1,492 | $3,572 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | . | . | . | $87.37 | $1,286 | $3,633 | $10,445 | $7,359 | $1,198 | $4,276 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | . | . | . | $23.64 | $409.6 | $2,737 | $5,139 | $8,677 | $452.5 | $2,400 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | $5,146 | $1,293 | $24.38 | . | $403.5 | $3,867 | $3,209 | $6,040 | $336.1 | $1,266 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | $306.0 | $1,005 | $5.717 | . | $1,235 | $3,626 | $2,177 | $2,980 | $376.6 | $278.4 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | $6,236 | $26,611 | $61.28 | $14,774 | $32,433 | $16,661 | $7,865 | $4,946 | $1,024 | $1,452 |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | $18.89 | $36.90 | $23.18 | $356.3 | $456.7 | $527.0 | $663.0 | $3,058 | $464.5 | $532.6 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | $60.31 | $17.01 | $151.1 | $771.6 | $1,667 | $7,574 | $6,232 | $3,409 | $376.3 | $467.7 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | $3,143 | . | . | $3,993 | $31.96 | $564.5 | $102.0 | $2,361 | $2,034 | . |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | $14,300 | $247.5 | $141.9 | $1,219 | $600.7 | $8,722 | $62,545 | $2,431 | $421.6 | $265.9 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | $1,191 | $215.1 | $144.1 | $836.4 | $2,336 | $5,251 | $6,930 | $1,589 | $183.8 | $71.72 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | $1,194 | $437.6 | $19.70 | $100.1 | $695.2 | $3,061 | $7,323 | $2,964 | $253.0 | $370.1 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | $5,928 | $8.294 | $2.970 | $40.20 | $185.1 | $2,389 | $557.0 | $1,118 | $117.5 | $81.26 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | $84.94 | $38.55 | $17.56 | $43.99 | $32.79 | $9,579 | $7,043 | $320.1 | $12.89 | . |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | $60.12 | $10.20 | $5.664 | $152.1 | $55.99 | $480.4 | $1,665 | $222.2 | $3.043 | $24.21 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | $21.77 | $17.39 | $23.59 | $25.15 | $10.40 | $164.6 | $593.0 | $195.4 | $167.4 | $47.87 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $26.55 | . | $532.5 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | $2.406 | $13.81 | $4.419 | $47.85 | $57.45 | $77.01 | $30.21 | $34.36 | . | $6.446 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | . | $7.310 | $17.97 | $16.22 | $2.340 | $763.1 | $234.3 | . | . | . |
| Stainless Products | ||||||||||
| All Stainless Products | $18,324 | $30,614 | $42,273 | $195,329 | $270,465 | $474,503 | $943,189 | $867,397 | $152,297 | $68,204 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | $3,251 | $7,550 | $11,203 | $112,461 | $120,737 | $271,255 | $432,072 | $479,648 | $86,676 | $14,472 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $42,907 | $70,999 | $3,786 | $13,745 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | $6,406 | $13,228 | $19,205 | $53,993 | $89,917 | $150,642 | $301,655 | $177,963 | $42,632 | $28,358 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | . | . | $6.565 | $275.2 | $499.6 | $3,109 | $82,735 | $48,089 | $9,032 | $6,013 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | $7.705 | . | . | $87.01 | $821.0 | $6,588 | $17,354 | $23,407 | $3,165 | $453.5 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | $5,511 | $5,045 | $6,632 | $11,636 | $21,391 | $22,724 | $28,636 | $22,440 | $2,934 | $2,340 |
| Wire Rods -- S | $1,319 | $2,576 | $1,912 | $6,439 | $8,300 | $8,604 | $8,509 | $9,709 | $738.6 | $249.2 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | . | $30.16 | . | $1,134 | $798.6 | $1,137 | $6,806 | $13,199 | $446.1 | $255.0 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | $348.1 | $96.12 | $1,299 | $1,254 | $1,708 | $2,674 | $2,863 | $6,524 | $283.7 | $161.9 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | $1,354 | $1,777 | $1,394 | $5,890 | $23,035 | $5,879 | $8,396 | $7,363 | $1,429 | $1,008 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $8,737 | $3,223 | $408.7 | $303.0 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | $2.671 | $66.75 | $135.4 | $562.4 | $1,565 | $1,127 | $1,146 | $2,428 | $454.0 | $190.6 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | $45.11 | $113.6 | $137.9 | $708.8 | $1,042 | $411.5 | $915.4 | $1,775 | $210.2 | $655.3 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | $33.49 | $14.84 | $10.56 | $169.5 | $104.8 | $129.5 | $341.4 | $357.2 | $85.35 | . |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | . | . | $277.3 | $401.6 | $497.4 | $217.2 | $104.4 | $272.5 | $16.36 | . |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | $45.57 | $116.3 | $60.68 | $50.46 | $49.74 | $7.486 | . | . | . | . |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | . | . | . | $267.2 | . | . | $12.20 | . | . | . |
| SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration |
| Table last modified on: April 9, 2009 , with |
| Final Census data compiled through February 2009 |
| Data listed in order of descending volume exported during the year - 2008 |
| 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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