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 Pipe and Tube -- C & A 129,742 122,075 99,037 133,959 194,617 176,902 235,954 354,670 379,518 411,274 338,161 325,345 192,901 131,456 101,376 59,481
M Flat Products -- C & A 34,057 47,862 24,090 81,098 70,886 57,986 70,938 87,381 120,959 54,098 46,660 31,851 27,150 25,370 21,093 10,207
M Long Products -- C & A 31,633 33,119 17,997 26,926 49,008 68,187 123,448 62,119 144,547 63,296 44,527 25,804 18,860 9,873 8,373 10,642
M Semi-Finished -- C & A 349.0 33.0 45.1 213.9 147.9 163.9 376.7 87.1 199.5 365.4 386.4 517.5 337.9 48.5 18.2 290.9
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 Flat Products -- S 15,494 13,192 18,180 13,524 14,704 15,565 12,627 7,539 9,178 7,725 4,769 5,684 2,173 1,827 1,706 1,438
M Pipe and Tube -- S 2,781 3,574 3,174 5,180 4,094 2,644 3,343 3,001 4,742 8,702 6,069 6,246 5,235 8,886 8,800 1,818
M Long Products -- S 605.9 582.6 1,342 1,042 1,016 1,001 697.1 859.9 858.1 1,242 565.0 632.4 319.9 223.9 237.4 374.7
M Semi-Finished -- 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

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
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
Link to Annual Summary of Census Data