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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2009
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All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 691,229 749,797 582,898 1,676,120 2,153,803 4,889,683 4,184,720 4,376,533 462,340 643,107
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 682,657 734,031 562,486 1,599,916 2,063,635 4,732,769 3,979,117 4,170,822 427,488 622,770
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 87,820 58,029 109,922 159,247 422,179 686,310 812,125 2,031,554 167,317 447,880
Line Pipe -- C & A 23,354 32,466 44,384 54,698 80,300 373,192 441,590 487,177 81,396 39,191
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 32,701 10,187 26.0 160,237 134,827 676,508 340,017 425,705 43,378 24,783
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 661.9 559.0 696.5 2,512 23,685 52,524 96,737 338,561 24,646 17,290
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 83,283 29,738 579.4 96,075 74,119 392,195 203,370 180,879 27,370 21,615
Wire Rods -- C & A 20,830 372,789 244,332 699,166 621,185 1,226,960 533,524 144,264 15,695 6,106
Wire Drawn -- C & A 34,240 51,393 56,290 91,434 124,589 180,431 160,954 130,273 14,875 14,545
Standard Pipe -- C & A 151,025 12,756 87,051 248,943 344,129 612,332 655,358 81,903 9,498 9,887
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 7,305 5,689 7,857 21,666 72,699 156,472 156,273 80,164 10,377 13,986
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A . 19.5 3.97 7.23 3,702 44,473 64,130 70,369 6,432 4,625
Rails All Other -- C & A 3.01 . 69.4 645.6 945.4 13,514 69,247 49,054 5,861 258.8
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 82,400 28,211 5,497 2,964 20,711 33,900 27,496 37,423 1,582 1,022
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 1,068 677.8 857.3 928.8 3,604 15,333 10,069 18,290 1,065 1,227
Tool Steel -- C & A 3,893 2,016 2,858 7,707 17,459 13,062 10,005 17,516 2,697 2,328
Tin Plate -- C & A 11,225 2,940 31.6 3,759 8,063 26,296 26,849 15,834 5,683 2,866
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 1,725 401.5 227.1 2,094 4,029 17,138 14,774 13,582 1,244 3,571
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 738.0 1,443 706.9 5,235 25,915 98,739 159,474 10,991 1,304 2,183
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . . 82.7 1,459 6,015 15,626 7,748 1,620 3,837
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A . . . 24.5 427.0 881.9 1,875 6,438 112.0 2,125
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 13,474 3,638 95.1 . 508.0 5,154 3,695 4,575 447.6 996.0
Black Plate -- C & A 974.7 4,092 16.0 . 1,938 6,008 3,475 3,420 581.9 317.8
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 33,805 115,493 74.1 31,554 67,894 34,334 14,484 2,958 972.1 803.0
Railroad Accessories -- C & A 22.2 27.1 36.6 402.2 572.3 606.3 725.4 2,353 428.0 251.3
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 47.6 22.9 110.4 714.5 2,079 10,981 7,390 2,157 364.7 220.5
Plates in Coils -- C & A 13,372 . . 5,775 60.1 841.6 117.2 1,901 1,706 .
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 48,829 431.5 205.4 1,910 1,113 14,136 112,722 1,666 383.2 203.4
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 3,955 551.5 430.8 1,659 4,340 10,036 13,452 1,473 233.0 74.7
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 862.5 358.6 21.9 88.8 560.9 2,421 7,089 1,046 127.6 52.6
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 24,896 19.6 4.76 53.3 318.8 3,931 493.9 921.9 41.5 37.7
Rails Standard -- C & A 51.3 12.0 16.2 34.1 47.8 15,793 12,177 309.2 17.1 .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 80.7 19.0 19.2 152.8 99.6 616.3 3,045 193.9 3.80 25.2
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 3.36 12.0 34.8 44.7 13.6 182.5 270.3 53.9 21.2 52.4
Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . . . 37.7 . 391.2
Steel Piling -- C & A 0.08 7.49 6.09 63.1 54.0 70.5 22.8 16.0 . 8.88
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . 22.9 20.6 28.1 0.50 1,366 452.3 . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 8,571 15,766 20,411 76,203 90,168 156,913 205,603 205,711 34,851 20,336
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 2,153 5,169 7,087 49,134 51,083 103,933 98,922 121,780 23,375 5,308
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . . . 14,391 26,895 1,165 8,232
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 2,210 4,951 7,141 15,558 21,816 36,024 49,191 24,250 6,218 3,213
Plates Cut Lengths -- S . . 0.97 98.5 176.1 809.6 16,755 10,280 1,792 2,213
Plates in Coils -- S 4.24 . . 33.1 315.2 1,717 4,081 5,827 737.9 179.8
Wire Drawn -- S 2,187 2,064 2,663 3,737 6,137 6,213 6,235 4,811 612.1 610.6
Wire Rods -- S 1,244 2,548 1,946 4,046 4,403 4,640 3,552 3,978 369.8 116.1
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . 18.3 . 477.7 311.6 424.0 1,520 3,399 89.2 119.8
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 239.7 66.6 689.5 533.3 604.1 1,003 555.5 1,731 63.5 36.4
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 455.1 849.7 635.9 1,720 4,270 1,575 1,528 1,202 241.7 186.3
Line Pipe -- S . . . . . . 8,375 838.7 71.9 36.3
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 3.10 37.4 66.0 219.7 547.4 376.8 318.9 456.6 74.3 39.1
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 8.77 27.0 15.1 357.2 315.5 47.7 71.3 134.4 21.0 43.6
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 26.6 11.9 7.92 72.1 35.9 62.8 76.9 65.4 16.4 .
Bars-Light Shaped -- S . . 142.0 158.2 144.2 81.2 23.7 58.4 1.13 .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 37.5 20.7 14.2 19.0 7.38 2.47 . . . .
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . 36.6 . . 1.85 . . .

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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