SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - Monthly Average US Dollars		Same Table - Average Unit Value
Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons		Same Table - Annual Total US Dollars
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Product	Census Data
	Monthly Average Quantity 2001	Monthly Average Quantity 2002	Monthly Average Quantity 2003	Monthly Average Quantity 2004	Monthly Average Quantity 2005	Monthly Average Quantity 2006	Monthly Average Quantity 2007	Monthly Average Quantity 2008	Monthly Average Quantity YTD Jan through Feb 2008	Monthly Average Quantity 2009 (through February final)
All Steel Mill Products
All Steel Mill Products	39,389	32,434	30,191	30,463	24,765	35,470	10,910	6,765	8,401	6,447
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products	38,234	30,557	29,259	28,722	23,566	32,090	8,620	5,060	6,539	5,625
Line Pipe -- C & A	308.7	773.2	499.6	115.1	1,877	1,877	748.3	1,497	1,179	205.9
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A	578.4	898.7	1,216	1,338	2,118	3,503	1,875	1,051	3,213	1,996
Oil Country Goods -- C & A	924.6	1,295	1,002	1,134	1,070	1,420	450.8	1,003	1,365	378.9
Wire Drawn -- C & A	1,691	2,404	2,116	2,096	1,832	1,270	694.3	565.8	366.4	334.9
Standard Pipe -- C & A	1,140	1,469	1,266	1,819	1,544	2,040	35.6	538.4	.	323.3
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A	573.1	1,373	1,531	2,171	1,722	1,962	194.4	124.1	143.3	164.9
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A	144.5	221.5	238.4	212.5	130.6	295.2	151.9	108.4	102.7	11.2
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A	57.9	28.1	46.0	35.1	45.5	58.8	78.3	69.6	108.7	185.3
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A	5,060	311.1	1,298	29.0	596.8	1,860	23.7	60.3	58.9	2,023
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A	2,519	3,708	2,982	5,863	5,081	7,741	3,205	41.1	.	.
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A	0.38	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A	336.5	.	.	.	1.99	.	.	.	.	.
Black Plate -- C & A	.	26.3	16.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A	11,454	3,408	6,025	5,461	824.7	84.2	.	.	.	.
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A	.	.	.	30.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A	204.7	374.8	317.5	376.0	28.5	117.3	0.87	.	.	.
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A	164.3	33.1	23.8	.	0.00	2.68	.	.	.	.
Pipe For Piling -- C & A	208.5	292.7	62.3	.	114.4	145.7	219.9	.	.	.
Plates in Coils -- C & A	153.4	1,089	256.7	.	4.86	311.5	13.6	.	.	.
Pressure Tubing -- C & A	.	25.1	12.0	0.61	.	.	.	.	.	.
Railroad Accessories -- C & A	.	.	0.15	0.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A	6,744	2,196	3,205	3,713	2,088	3,748	215.7	.	.	.
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A	216.2	7,434	1,915	782.8	1.90	431.4	.	.	.	.
Steel Piling -- C & A	.	.	.	2.71	1.15	.	.	.	.	.
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A	0.45	.	.	.	2.70	.	.	.	.	.
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A	0.92	.	.	.	.	.	20.7	.	.	.
Tool Steel -- C & A	.	.	.	1.13	12.9	0.43	3.98	.	.	.
Wire Rods -- C & A	5,749	3,191	5,223	3,536	4,463	5,217	686.6	.	.	.
Stainless Products
All Stainless Products	1,155	1,877	932.2	1,741	1,199	3,380	2,289	1,705	1,861	822.6
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S	170.1	223.0	104.2	779.4	237.3	1,048	552.8	621.2	333.1	117.3
Plates Cut Lengths -- S	398.1	548.4	255.8	309.3	207.8	491.7	869.1	602.5	918.3	365.2
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S	474.5	981.9	362.6	451.3	698.5	1,726	666.1	402.0	605.1	304.2
Plates in Coils -- S	3.48	10.9	.	1.41	25.7	111.1	201.2	79.0	5.19	34.3
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S	.	1.07	0.05	20.9	.	0.14	.	0.13	.	1.32
Bars-Cold Finished -- S	.	.	11.9	.	.	0.64	.	.	.	.
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S	.	.	1.76	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S	109.2	111.5	195.6	178.6	29.7	1.96	.	.	.	.

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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