US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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'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 $1,351 $1,106 $1,008 $1,330 $1,341 $1,168 $1,339 $1,556 $1,503 $1,612 $1,912 $1,886 $1,599 $1,438 $1,471 $1,539
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products $1,084 $957 $902 $1,111 $1,137 $1,046 $1,196 $1,361 $1,358 $1,444 $1,575 $1,615 $1,471 $1,297 $1,330 $1,339
M Rails Standard -- C & A $828 $789 $757 $706 $958 $868 $956 $823 $923 $983 $880 $1,133 $1,066 $1,135 $1,136 $1,071
M Line Pipe -- C & A $1,596 $1,125 $1,096 $1,188 $1,225 $1,237 $1,229 $1,260 $1,335 $1,450 $1,513 $1,652 $1,502 $1,620 $1,687 $1,796
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $930 $948 $942 $971 $994 $993 $1,005 $1,110 $1,145 $1,209 $1,223 $1,236 $1,145 $1,235 $1,229 $1,290
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . $582 $650 $655 $873 $913 $956 $1,057 $1,065 . . . $809 . $2,937 .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $782 $442 $515 $739 $826 $713 $914 $778 $982 $1,343 $1,186 $1,470 $1,076 $430 $431 $400
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A $3,286 $2,234 $2,040 $3,005 $1,763 $1,771 $2,736 $2,118 $2,113 $2,015 $2,120 $2,537 $4,042 $2,839 $2,626 $2,195
M Wire Rods -- C & A $760 $642 $663 $678 $688 $767 $728 $891 $1,022 $987 $1,016 $990 $1,054 $995 $995 $957
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $935 $842 $1,007 $903 $981 $923 $1,199 $1,305 $1,235 $1,218 $1,364 $1,362 $1,271 $1,517 $1,325 $1,516
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $1,394 $877 $1,016 $1,082 $1,097 $1,226 $1,253 $1,341 $1,442 $1,248 $1,272 $1,241 $1,286 $1,209 $1,206 $1,691
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,218 $1,231 $1,260 $1,282 $1,348 $1,369 $1,362 $1,509 $1,626 $1,506 $1,766 $1,798 $1,930 $1,799 $1,756 $1,994
M Wire Drawn -- C & A $1,351 $1,423 $1,406 $1,497 $1,519 $1,527 $1,665 $1,750 $1,811 $1,766 $2,065 $1,765 $2,396 $1,930 $2,366 $2,032
M Tool Steel -- C & A $1,376 $1,466 $1,316 $1,395 $1,623 $1,478 $1,495 $1,440 $1,628 $1,533 $1,749 $1,881 $1,998 $2,083 $1,999 $2,382
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $972 $1,087 $958 $1,486 $1,124 $994 $1,087 $1,391 $1,335 $1,247 $1,379 $1,245 $1,376 $1,137 $1,525 $949
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $870 $663 $755 $790 $672 $864 $783 $828 $1,120 $1,132 $1,135 $1,101 $1,048 $1,199 $1,247 $1,260
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $2,203 $2,679 $2,885 $2,738 $3,167 $3,109 $3,138 $3,223 $3,189 $3,097 $3,488 $3,567 $3,828 $3,536 $3,544 $4,205
M Standard Pipe -- C & A $1,406 $1,268 $2,395 $1,346 $1,241 $2,404 $1,502 $1,362 $2,021 $1,541 $1,665 $1,460 $3,040 $1,489 $2,551 $1,604
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $1,189 $1,277 $1,284 $1,343 $1,593 $1,080 $1,414 $1,814 $1,703 $1,729 $1,680 $1,612 $1,330 $1,336 $1,361 $1,797
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A $891 $896 $936 $932 $1,005 $958 $1,010 . $1,244 $1,230 $1,262 $1,367 $1,376 $1,221 $1,187 $1,150
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $1,283 $945 $1,081 $953 $1,651 $2,019 $1,819 $1,517 $1,997 $1,541 $1,701 $2,811 $1,874 $1,300 $1,460 $1,640
M Black Plate -- C & A $735 $798 $804 $773 $907 $801 $926 $969 $1,026 $1,185 $1,057 $1,285 $964 $947 $906 $929
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $1,669 $1,697 $1,523 $1,577 $2,180 $2,168 $1,920 $1,844 $1,872 $1,920 $1,910 $1,735 $2,103 $2,024 $2,154 $2,080
M Plates in Coils -- C & A $857 $873 $759 $952 $884 $843 $766 $831 $1,075 $1,049 $1,122 $1,126 $1,126 $1,005 $1,044 $1,169
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $802 $815 $908 $809 $1,277 $1,152 $1,109 $1,064 $3,077 $1,306 $1,347 $1,469 $1,221 . $7,214 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . $577 . . $675 . . . . . $830 . . . . .
M Rails All Other -- C & A $979 $1,079 $1,136 $937 $1,444 $1,264 $515 $978 $1,744 $2,144 $1,794 $1,545 $1,504 $999 $1,004 $1,055
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,181 $1,099 $1,244 $1,280 $1,300 $1,323 $1,227 $1,718 $1,745 $2,207 $2,204 $2,888 $2,026 $2,476 $2,678 $2,547
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,673 $1,249 $1,509 $2,084 $1,800 $1,696 $1,837 $1,631 $2,408 $2,900 $2,060 $3,208 $2,250 $2,727 $4,779 $5,203
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A . $531 $531 . . $1,124 $1,254 . . $1,353 $1,612 $1,504 $1,396 $1,456 $1,456 .
M Tin Plate -- C & A $969 $979 $1,023 $1,020 $1,007 $1,047 $1,011 $1,048 $1,217 $1,340 $1,394 $1,435 $1,439 $1,413 $1,272 $1,351
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $3,096 $3,506 $2,997 $3,349 $3,344 $3,203 $4,053 $4,682 $4,147 $5,107 $3,527 $3,821 $3,764 $3,272 $3,918 $3,885
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A $18,993 $6,193 $7,300 $4,790 $2,486 $4,690 $3,323 $4,174 $3,330 $3,670 $5,495 $3,392 $5,491 $4,636 $4,922 $4,828
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $741 . $1,014 $1,420 $1,482 $1,022 $1,305 $1,279 $1,691 $1,254 $1,538 $1,581 $3,109 $7,888 $1,960 $6,543
M Steel Piling -- C & A $942 $725 $941 . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,228
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $518 $518 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products $5,212 $5,447 $4,699 $5,070 $5,778 $4,089 $4,501 $5,160 $4,476 $5,512 $5,489 $6,395 $5,153 $6,018 $6,068 $5,944
M Oil Country Goods -- S $4,597 $4,064 $4,124 $4,213 $6,052 $2,162 $3,809 $5,015 $3,961 $5,769 $5,249 $7,161 $4,732 $5,669 $6,100 $5,025
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $1,881 $1,347 $1,387 $1,541 $1,484 $1,641 $1,574 $1,572 $1,650 $1,204 $1,880 $1,649 $1,760 $1,789 $1,788 $1,239
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $12,692 $11,158 $9,179 $14,026 $11,336 $9,154 $8,864 $9,196 $10,436 $9,630 $9,959 $9,294 $9,760 $10,426 $10,809 $11,469
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $7,877 $8,695 $7,349 $8,074 $8,248 $6,882 $7,118 $7,616 $9,709 $7,636 $12,569 $9,874 $10,164 $8,920 $12,073 $8,398
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S $6,855 $5,256 $6,326 $5,588 $5,269 $5,392 $6,157 $6,418 $6,643 $5,057 $5,100 $4,956 $5,649 $5,237 $5,198 $3,525
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $3,286 $6,250 $7,047 $6,930 $4,647 $5,849 $6,992 $4,272 $6,088 $3,355 $6,311 $8,295 $6,392 $7,070 $5,820 $4,126
M Wire Drawn -- S $8,055 $11,262 $10,231 $13,281 $11,728 $10,922 $10,003 $8,809 $11,289 $11,960 $11,848 $13,332 $10,484 $10,556 $11,108 $10,275
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S $5,069 $4,021 $4,298 $4,026 $4,601 $5,836 $4,817 $4,922 . $9,991 . $6,436 $5,123 $10,078 $66,067 .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $4,591 $4,454 $4,523 $4,150 $4,532 $5,392 $5,121 $5,096 $5,374 $5,278 $5,791 $4,603 $4,979 . . $4,817
M Line Pipe -- S $3,429 . $4,682 $4,562 . . . $5,543 $5,321 $7,112 . $6,617 $2,300 . $1,456 $5,792
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S $5,179 $5,905 $3,188 $6,902 $7,014 $8,670 $6,177 $7,162 $6,003 $19,147 $32,819 $7,995 $11,300 $8,620 $10,553 $8,823
M Plates in Coils -- S . $6,137 . . . $7,150 . . . . . $4,148 . . . .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $2,634 $2,205 $2,211 $2,748 $2,512 $2,295 $1,726 $2,401 $2,122 $1,941 $2,079 $3,886 $2,225 . . .
M Wire Rods -- S $2,791 $2,537 . $1,999 $2,527 $3,020 $3,351 $2,298 $3,339 $2,660 $2,531 $2,876 . . . .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $1,600 $1,600 . $2,355 $3,081 $3,579 . $4,389 $5,056 $5,056 . $5,056 $3,743 $5,055 $7750000 $6350000
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S $11,165 . $68,246 . $3,858 . . . $2,240 . . . . . . $11,045

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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