US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - Annual US Dollars

Same Table - Average Unit Value

Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons

Same Table - Monthly Average US Dollars

'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Product Census Data
  Annual
Total
Quantity
2001
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Total
Quantity
2002
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Total
Quantity
2003
Annual
Total
Quantity
2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
Total
Quantity
YTD Jan
through
Feb 2008
Annual
Total
Quantity
2009
(through
February
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 472,677 389,211 362,295 365,567 297,188 425,650 130,920 81,187 16,802 12,895
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 458,810 366,686 351,108 344,673 282,797 385,081 103,446 60,725 13,078 11,250
Line Pipe -- C & A 3,705 9,278 5,996 1,381 22,534 22,525 8,979 17,974 2,358 411.9
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 6,940 10,785 14,593 16,066 25,421 42,044 22,504 12,613 6,427 3,992
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 11,096 15,549 12,026 13,619 12,845 17,042 5,410 12,040 2,731 757.9
Wire Drawn -- C & A 20,294 28,854 25,403 25,163 21,989 15,246 8,332 6,790 732.9 669.9
Standard Pipe -- C & A 13,682 17,632 15,202 21,828 18,538 24,485 428.2 6,461 . 646.6
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 6,878 16,484 18,380 26,062 20,670 23,555 2,333 1,489 286.6 329.9
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 1,734 2,658 2,861 2,550 1,567 3,542 1,823 1,301 205.5 22.4
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 695.3 337.8 552.7 421.4 546.2 706.7 940.6 835.6 217.4 370.7
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 60,730 3,733 15,577 348.5 7,162 22,323 285.4 724.1 117.9 4,047
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 30,230 44,499 35,788 70,365 60,982 92,901 38,466 494.3 . .
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 4.62 . . . . . . . . .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 4,038 . . . 23.9 . . . . .
Black Plate -- C & A . 315.6 203.2 . . . . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 137,457 40,899 72,306 65,540 9,897 1,011 . . . .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . . 371.1 . . . . . .
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 2,456 4,497 3,810 4,512 342.9 1,408 10.4 . . .
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 1,972 397.3 285.7 . 0.00 32.1 . . . .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A 2,502 3,512 747.8 . 1,373 1,749 2,639 . . .
Plates in Coils -- C & A 1,841 13,078 3,080 . 58.3 3,738 163.9 . . .
Pressure Tubing -- C & A . 301.6 145.1 7.43 . . . . . .
Railroad Accessories -- C & A . . 1.88 0.71 . . . . . .
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 80,934 26,356 38,467 44,560 25,061 44,979 2,589 . . .
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 2,595 89,215 22,991 9,394 22.9 5,177 . . . .
Steel Piling -- C & A . . . 32.6 13.8 . . . . .
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 5.47 . . . 32.5 . . . . .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 11.0 . . . . . 249.0 . . .
Tool Steel -- C & A . . . 13.6 155.1 5.25 47.8 . . .
Wire Rods -- C & A 68,999 38,297 62,684 42,432 53,557 62,604 8,240 . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 13,867 22,524 11,187 20,894 14,390 40,569 27,473 20,461 3,723 1,645
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 2,041 2,676 1,251 9,353 2,847 12,586 6,634 7,455 666.3 234.7
Plates Cut Lengths -- S 4,778 6,581 3,069 3,712 2,493 5,901 10,429 7,230 1,836 730.5
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 5,694 11,783 4,352 5,416 8,382 20,714 7,994 4,825 1,210 608.5
Plates in Coils -- S 41.8 131.6 . 16.9 309.0 1,333 2,415 949.1 10.3 68.6
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S . 12.9 0.63 251.9 . 1.76 . 1.66 . 2.65
Bars-Cold Finished -- S . . 143.9 . . 7.71 . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . 21.1 . . . . . . .
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 1,311 1,338 2,348 2,143 357.5 23.5 . . . .

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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