US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA
Quantity in Metric Tons
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Product Census Data
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YTD Jan
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Feb 2008
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2009
(through
February
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 57,602 62,483 48,574 139,676 179,483 407,473 348,726 364,711 231,170 321,553
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 56,888 61,169 46,873 133,326 171,969 394,397 331,593 347,568 213,744 311,385
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 7,318 4,835 9,160 13,270 35,181 57,192 67,677 169,296 83,658 223,940
Line Pipe -- C & A 1,946 2,705 3,698 4,558 6,691 31,099 36,799 40,598 40,698 19,595
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 2,725 848.9 2.16 13,353 11,235 56,375 28,334 35,475 21,689 12,391
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 55.1 46.5 58.0 209.4 1,973 4,377 8,061 28,213 12,323 8,645
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 6,940 2,478 48.2 8,006 6,176 32,682 16,947 15,073 13,685 10,807
Wire Rods -- C & A 1,735 31,065 20,361 58,263 51,765 102,246 44,460 12,022 7,847 3,053
Wire Drawn -- C & A 2,853 4,282 4,690 7,619 10,382 15,035 13,412 10,856 7,437 7,272
Standard Pipe -- C & A 12,585 1,063 7,254 20,745 28,677 51,027 54,613 6,825 4,749 4,943
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 608.8 474.0 654.8 1,805 6,058 13,039 13,022 6,680 5,188 6,993
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A . 1.63 0.33 0.60 308.5 3,706 5,344 5,864 3,216 2,312
Rails All Other -- C & A 0.25 . 5.79 53.8 78.7 1,126 5,770 4,087 2,930 129.4
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 6,866 2,350 458.1 247.0 1,725 2,825 2,291 3,118 791.4 511.2
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 89.0 56.4 71.4 77.4 300.3 1,277 839.0 1,524 532.7 613.8
Tool Steel -- C & A 324.4 168.0 238.1 642.2 1,454 1,088 833.7 1,459 1,348 1,164
Tin Plate -- C & A 935.4 245.0 2.63 313.2 671.9 2,191 2,237 1,319 2,841 1,433
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 143.8 33.4 18.9 174.5 335.7 1,428 1,231 1,131 622.3 1,785
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 61.5 120.2 58.9 436.2 2,159 8,228 13,289 915.9 652.0 1,091
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . . 6.89 121.5 501.2 1,302 645.7 810.0 1,918
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A . . . 2.04 35.5 73.4 156.2 536.5 56.0 1,062
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 1,122 303.2 7.92 . 42.3 429.5 307.9 381.2 223.8 498.0
Black Plate -- C & A 81.2 341.0 1.33 . 161.5 500.7 289.6 285.0 290.9 158.9
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 2,817 9,624 6.18 2,629 5,657 2,861 1,207 246.5 486.0 401.5
Railroad Accessories -- C & A 1.85 2.26 3.05 33.5 47.6 50.5 60.4 196.1 214.0 125.6
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 3.97 1.91 9.20 59.5 173.3 915.1 615.8 179.8 182.3 110.2
Plates in Coils -- C & A 1,114 . . 481.2 5.01 70.1 9.77 158.4 853.3 .
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 4,069 35.9 17.1 159.1 92.7 1,178 9,393 138.8 191.6 101.7
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 329.6 45.9 35.9 138.3 361.7 836.3 1,121 122.8 116.5 37.3
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 71.8 29.8 1.82 7.40 46.7 201.8 590.8 87.2 63.8 26.3
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 2,074 1.63 0.39 4.44 26.5 327.6 41.1 76.8 20.7 18.8
Rails Standard -- C & A 4.27 1.00 1.35 2.84 3.99 1,316 1,014 25.7 8.57 .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 6.73 1.58 1.60 12.7 8.30 51.3 253.7 16.1 1.90 12.6
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 0.28 1.00 2.90 3.72 1.13 15.2 22.5 4.49 10.6 26.2
Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . . . 3.14 . 195.6
Steel Piling -- C & A 0.00 0.62 0.50 5.26 4.50 5.87 1.90 1.34 . 4.44
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . 1.90 1.71 2.34 0.04 113.8 37.6 . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 714.2 1,313 1,700 6,350 7,514 13,076 17,133 17,142 17,425 10,168
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 179.4 430.7 590.6 4,094 4,256 8,661 8,243 10,148 11,687 2,654
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . . . 1,199 2,241 582.9 4,116
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 184.2 412.6 595.1 1,296 1,818 3,002 4,099 2,020 3,109 1,606
Plates Cut Lengths -- S . . 0.08 8.21 14.6 67.4 1,396 856.6 896.3 1,106
Plates in Coils -- S 0.35 . . 2.75 26.2 143.1 340.1 485.5 368.9 89.9
Wire Drawn -- S 182.3 172.0 221.9 311.4 511.4 517.8 519.6 400.9 306.0 305.3
Wire Rods -- S 103.7 212.3 162.2 337.2 366.9 386.7 296.0 331.5 184.9 58.0
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . 1.53 . 39.8 25.9 35.3 126.7 283.2 44.6 59.9
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 19.9 5.55 57.4 44.4 50.3 83.5 46.2 144.3 31.7 18.2
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 37.9 70.8 52.9 143.3 355.8 131.2 127.3 100.2 120.8 93.1
Line Pipe -- S . . . . . . 697.9 69.8 35.9 18.1
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 0.25 3.12 5.50 18.3 45.6 31.4 26.5 38.0 37.1 19.5
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 0.73 2.25 1.26 29.7 26.2 3.98 5.94 11.2 10.5 21.8
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 2.22 0.99 0.66 6.00 2.99 5.23 6.41 5.45 8.20 .
Bars-Light Shaped -- S . . 11.8 13.1 12.0 6.76 1.98 4.87 0.56 .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 3.12 1.73 1.18 1.59 0.61 0.20 . . . .
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . 3.05 . . 0.15 . . .

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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