U.S. Exports of Steel Mill Products
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Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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Product Month
  DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $3,073 $3,817 $4,454 $4,384 $4,369 $3,705 $3,759 $4,103 $3,875 $3,546 $3,840 $3,402 $3,577 $4,017 $4,269
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $2,665 $3,559 $4,261 $4,160 $3,936 $3,454 $3,345 $3,722 $3,409 $3,353 $3,453 $2,943 $3,185 $3,918 $4,040
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $3,379 $4,135 $3,923 $4,137 $3,714 $4,304 $3,880 $3,940 $4,155 $4,440 $3,923 $3,385 $4,068 $3,589 $4,020
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $7,632 $8,935 $7,735 $9,287 $8,883 $8,797 $9,853 $9,486 $6,152 $5,062 $5,642 $5,233 $4,490 $9,247 $10,063
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $3,279 $14,546 $1,596 $1,633 $2,360 . $5,452 $2,795 $1,767 $1,633 $3,720 $2,582 $1,687 $1,681 $3,596
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,231 $1,417 $741 $2,267 $1,572 $1,479 $1,723 $834 $1,719 $1,749 $1,684 $1,349 $1,508 $3,238 $1,735
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $1,664 $1,856 $3,026 $2,731 $3,138 $2,125 $1,742 $2,042 $1,440 $1,451 $1,267 $1,104 $1,935 $2,160 $1,384
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $2,623 $2,505 $2,240 $1,166 $2,634 $2,625 $1,709 $2,304 $2,430 $1,678 $1,312 $1,265 $2,574 $3,858 $2,267
Line Pipe -- C & A $1,411 $1,714 $1,602 $1,590 $2,638 $1,463 $1,448 $1,093 $1,756 $1,733 $1,061 $1,719 $2,907 $1,751 $982
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,726 $2,050 $1,404 $1,639 $1,451 $1,708 $1,509 $1,786 $2,280 $1,688 $1,350 $1,749 $1,571 $1,297 $1,558
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,254 $1,381 $1,334 $1,131 $1,095 $1,257 $1,378 $1,475 $1,108 $1,295 $1,345 $1,348 $1,381 $1,410 $1,176
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $4,562 $4,883 $2,982 $1,546 $2,702 $2,767 $1,861 $3,506 $1,607 $2,240 $2,448 $3,137 $2,144 $1,989 $5,212
Standard Pipe -- C & A $2,068 $1,866 $1,813 $3,249 $4,188 $4,620 $2,113 $2,877 $2,349 $2,042 $2,128 $2,193 $1,975 $5,954 $2,707
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $1,488 $1,914 $1,247 $1,623 $1,259 $1,989 $1,116 $1,254 $1,758 $1,903 $1,786 $1,912 $1,313 $1,638 $1,323
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $653 $813 $621 $599 . $5,232 . $1,723 . $1,723 $1,723 $838 $1,557 $1,199 $1,121
Wire Drawn -- C & A $1,328 $1,585 $1,296 $7,850 $1,299 $2,345 $2,524 $2,431 $1,625 $919 $911 $1,127 $1,232 $2,299 $2,501
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $1,913 $1,426 $57,204 $2,591 $1,614 $2,524 $2,533 $11,609 $22,569 $1,392 $4,531 $5,223 $2,596 $1,495 $1,470
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $1,880 $1,196 $6,908 $887 $1,071 $1,342 $1,576 $1,449 $968 . $673 $668 $755 $1,473 $730
Plates in Coils -- C & A $639 $596 $766 $1,601 $1,115 $1,238 $1,775 $1,554 $1,726 $767 $861 $632 $1,190 $1,009 $986
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $654 $742 $661 . $1,391 . $661 . $660 $661 $661 $702 $851 $519 $519
Tool Steel -- C & A $6,277 $7,332 $6,875 $10,698 $11,486 $3,555 $8,704 $5,912 $4,384 $3,629 $13,951 $6,807 $9,092 $25,513 $3,111
Wire Rods -- C & A $702 $1,078 $670 $709 $696 $1,605 $1,281 $1,637 $2,655 $1,167 $4,353 $1,654 $1,281 $924 .
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $2,601 . $751 $751 $751 $751 $2,475 $649 . $3,072 . $684 $775 $999 .
Tin Free Steel -- C & A $780 . $726 $732 $728 $891 $909 $838 $728 $920 . $728 $728 . $728
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A . $1,232 $911 $783 $819 $819 $1,985 $1,183 . $3,602 $880 . . $1,327 $724
Rails All Other -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,369
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $527 $721 $652 $749 $904 $909 $520 $739 $749 $496 $573 $1,426 $681 $997 $780
Tin Plate -- C & A $835 $989 $886 $765 $768 $852 $917 $985 . $1,185 . $821 . . $697
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . $1,192 . . . $621
Steel Piling -- C & A $2,902 . $2,632 . $2,908 $2,631 $2,631 $2,632 . . . . . $2,631 .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . . $23,087 . . $54,737 . . . . . $3,111 . .
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $819 $1,744 . . $1,628 . $1,813 . $989 $1,112 $4,978 . $1,618 . .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $622 . . . $509 . . . . $622 . . . . .
Black Plate -- C & A . . $2,427 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $4,392 $6,081 $6,089 $5,232 $6,870 $5,473 $7,202 $6,815 $7,809 $5,045 $8,592 $11,554 $10,061 $5,873 $6,005
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $4,208 $5,872 $4,335 $4,163 $7,197 $4,768 $4,817 $6,043 $7,589 $4,855 $11,225 $11,221 $9,264 $4,751 $1,139
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $3,733 $5,149 $3,644 $2,651 $3,638 $4,330 $4,648 $2,263 $3,718 $2,792 $3,973 $5,079 $5,295 $2,803 $12,875
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- S $13,617 $11,046 $14,404 $14,664 $8,388 $12,391 $15,104 $19,320 $12,975 $6,817 $17,170 $17,731 $17,629 $14,970 $18,404
Line Pipe -- S $1,242 $4,394 $1,506 $8,281 $3,813 $3,275 $1,834 $3,354 $7,408 $1,598 $2,173 $11,062 $10,757 $5,002 $10,664
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $7,416 $9,648 $13,412 $5,964 $9,920 $8,215 $12,226 $7,234 $23,625 $5,494 $10,247 $7,482 $6,240 $9,257 $7,232
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $4,076 $5,837 $4,339 $6,787 $7,743 $5,585 $7,393 $7,742 $4,265 $4,133 $6,553 $4,564 $2,694 $3,450 $5,391
Wire Drawn -- S $4,556 $7,286 $6,145 $9,668 $11,136 $9,866 $8,478 $7,717 $10,637 $8,207 $9,672 $6,045 $8,019 $6,446 $6,615
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $6,478 $33,512 $8,508 $6,846 $7,586 $3,883 $6,414 $4,825 $5,316 $4,504 $4,948 $8,647 $13,985 $5,963 $5,249
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S $4,030 $5,260 $2,857 $5,831 $6,627 $3,341 $5,518 $4,328 $3,626 $4,627 $15,729 $3,981 $20,933 $5,913 $5,220
Wire Rods -- S $20,077 $18,640 $17,741 $67,043 $21,971 $12,421 $12,426 $31,746 $24,869 $15,001 $26,769 $14,587 $13,637 . $6,316
Oil Country Goods -- S $1,631 $1,258 . $2,538 $11,348 $5,454 $8,546 $850 $3,827 $6,149 $7,349 $2,879 $2,492 . $2,857
Plates in Coils -- S . $3,658 . $3,215 $2,937 $2,332 $2,722 $14,428 $10,236 $1,889 $5,143 $3,313 $2,332 $3,215 .
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $8,713 $9,086 $10,890 $10,348 $8,962 $7,831 $11,398 $7,276 $8,201 $6,483 $5,015 $13,226 $9,653 $19,478 $9,353
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $6,441 $8,289 $6,439 $8,905 $8,334 $8,597 $18,997 $6,440 $6,443 $10,487 $20,906 $14,026 $7,514 $6,442 $14,862
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . . $6,657 $2,957 $7,103 $6,097 $11,245 . $4,536 $1,888 . $5,941 . . $5,193
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . . $19,457 $14,181 . . $19,247 . . . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: April 13, 2009, with
Census data collected through February 2009
Data listed in order of descending volume exported during last THREE Months of the reported period
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
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