| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FROM CHINA | |||
| Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars | |||
| Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons |
Same Table - Average Unit Value |
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| Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons |
Same Table - Annual Total US Dollars |
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| 'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products | |||
| Product | Census Data | |||||||||
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| Monthly Average Value 2001 |
Monthly Average Value 2002 |
Monthly Average Value 2003 |
Monthly Average Value 2004 |
Monthly Average Value 2005 |
Monthly Average Value 2006 |
Monthly Average Value 2007 |
Monthly Average Value 2008 |
Monthly Average Value YTD Jan through Feb 2008 |
Monthly Average Value 2009 (through February final) |
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| All Steel Mill Products | ||||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | $23,513 | $21,566 | $22,044 | $91,381 | $139,648 | $298,890 | $328,747 | $497,039 | $268,916 | $504,507 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | ||||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | $21,986 | $19,015 | $18,522 | $75,103 | $117,110 | $259,348 | $250,148 | $424,756 | $192,767 | $470,405 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | $4,238 | $3,014 | $5,189 | $9,552 | $32,709 | $60,306 | $71,213 | $228,789 | $80,752 | $358,770 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | $879.0 | $1,047 | $1,500 | $2,519 | $5,128 | $21,375 | $26,066 | $41,483 | $31,764 | $26,794 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | $1,016 | $293.0 | $1.490 | $9,220 | $7,892 | $38,048 | $21,384 | $34,094 | $15,882 | $10,962 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | $39.33 | $39.13 | $51.71 | $188.3 | $1,752 | $3,229 | $7,326 | $30,157 | $12,049 | $11,235 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | $1,895 | $632.1 | $21.21 | $4,992 | $3,620 | $18,160 | $9,702 | $13,733 | $8,113 | $8,941 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | $368.2 | $7,218 | $5,086 | $25,351 | $22,699 | $42,764 | $20,278 | $11,669 | $5,019 | $2,973 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | $1,708 | $2,236 | $2,445 | $5,290 | $7,582 | $11,111 | $11,600 | $13,956 | $7,985 | $8,794 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | $4,976 | $538.2 | $2,977 | $11,899 | $18,371 | $29,526 | $34,898 | $9,481 | $5,574 | $8,370 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | $336.1 | $247.8 | $417.3 | $1,431 | $5,359 | $10,312 | $11,150 | $10,195 | $6,253 | $11,612 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A | . | $1.395 | $3.135 | $1.632 | $220.2 | $2,978 | $4,631 | $6,801 | $2,707 | $2,595 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | $0.637 | . | $4.009 | $41.02 | $69.68 | $688.9 | $3,448 | $3,118 | $1,875 | $104.2 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | $2,114 | $701.1 | $147.6 | $160.7 | $1,104 | $1,833 | $1,935 | $3,814 | $927.1 | $974.2 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | $33.98 | $31.82 | $73.31 | $84.35 | $223.7 | $1,283 | $1,113 | $2,526 | $858.2 | $1,110 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | $610.1 | $316.4 | $506.0 | $1,713 | $4,595 | $4,028 | $3,878 | $6,419 | $5,271 | $4,953 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | $496.2 | $131.6 | $1.460 | $276.6 | $560.1 | $1,511 | $1,617 | $1,124 | $2,269 | $1,582 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | $71.39 | $19.80 | $5.377 | $120.4 | $244.3 | $1,384 | $1,662 | $1,790 | $1,014 | $2,815 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | $62.53 | $51.23 | $38.23 | $390.3 | $1,489 | $5,005 | $8,018 | $1,630 | $745.9 | $1,786 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | . | . | . | $7.281 | $107.1 | $302.8 | $870.4 | $613.2 | $599.2 | $2,138 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | . | . | . | $1.970 | $34.13 | $228.1 | $428.2 | $723.0 | $226.3 | $1,200 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | $428.8 | $107.8 | $2.032 | . | $33.62 | $322.3 | $267.4 | $503.3 | $168.0 | $633.0 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | $25.50 | $83.77 | $0.476 | . | $102.9 | $302.1 | $181.4 | $248.3 | $188.3 | $139.2 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | $519.6 | $2,218 | $5.107 | $1,231 | $2,703 | $1,388 | $655.4 | $412.1 | $511.9 | $725.9 |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | $1.574 | $3.075 | $1.931 | $29.69 | $38.06 | $43.92 | $55.25 | $254.9 | $232.3 | $266.3 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | $5.026 | $1.418 | $12.59 | $64.30 | $138.9 | $631.2 | $519.3 | $284.1 | $188.2 | $233.9 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | $261.9 | . | . | $332.7 | $2.664 | $47.04 | $8.497 | $196.7 | $1,017 | . |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | $1,192 | $20.62 | $11.82 | $101.6 | $50.05 | $726.9 | $5,212 | $202.6 | $210.8 | $133.0 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | $99.26 | $17.92 | $12.01 | $69.70 | $194.7 | $437.6 | $577.5 | $132.5 | $91.92 | $35.86 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | $99.54 | $36.47 | $1.641 | $8.340 | $57.93 | $255.1 | $610.2 | $247.0 | $126.5 | $185.1 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | $494.0 | $0.691 | $0.248 | $3.350 | $15.42 | $199.1 | $46.41 | $93.13 | $58.73 | $40.63 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | $7.078 | $3.212 | $1.463 | $3.666 | $2.732 | $798.3 | $586.9 | $26.68 | $6.445 | . |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | $5.010 | $0.850 | $0.472 | $12.68 | $4.666 | $40.03 | $138.8 | $18.51 | $1.522 | $12.11 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | $1.814 | $1.449 | $1.966 | $2.096 | $0.867 | $13.72 | $49.42 | $16.28 | $83.70 | $23.93 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $2.213 | . | $266.2 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | $0.201 | $1.151 | $0.368 | $3.988 | $4.787 | $6.417 | $2.517 | $2.863 | . | $3.223 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | . | $0.609 | $1.498 | $1.352 | $0.195 | $63.59 | $19.53 | . | . | . |
| Stainless Products | ||||||||||
| All Stainless Products | $1,527 | $2,551 | $3,523 | $16,277 | $22,539 | $39,542 | $78,599 | $72,283 | $76,149 | $34,102 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | $270.9 | $629.2 | $933.6 | $9,372 | $10,061 | $22,605 | $36,006 | $39,971 | $43,338 | $7,236 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $3,576 | $5,917 | $1,893 | $6,872 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | $533.9 | $1,102 | $1,600 | $4,499 | $7,493 | $12,553 | $25,138 | $14,830 | $21,316 | $14,179 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | . | . | $0.547 | $22.93 | $41.63 | $259.1 | $6,895 | $4,007 | $4,516 | $3,006 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | $0.642 | . | . | $7.251 | $68.42 | $549.0 | $1,446 | $1,951 | $1,583 | $226.7 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | $459.3 | $420.4 | $552.6 | $969.7 | $1,783 | $1,894 | $2,386 | $1,870 | $1,467 | $1,170 |
| Wire Rods -- S | $109.9 | $214.6 | $159.3 | $536.6 | $691.6 | $717.0 | $709.1 | $809.1 | $369.3 | $124.6 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | . | $2.514 | . | $94.48 | $66.55 | $94.73 | $567.2 | $1,100 | $223.0 | $127.5 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | $29.01 | $8.010 | $108.3 | $104.5 | $142.3 | $222.8 | $238.6 | $543.6 | $141.8 | $80.94 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | $112.8 | $148.1 | $116.2 | $490.9 | $1,920 | $489.9 | $699.7 | $613.6 | $714.4 | $504.1 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | $728.1 | $268.6 | $204.4 | $151.5 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | $0.223 | $5.563 | $11.28 | $46.87 | $130.4 | $93.88 | $95.54 | $202.4 | $227.0 | $95.31 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | $3.759 | $9.466 | $11.49 | $59.07 | $86.84 | $34.29 | $76.28 | $147.9 | $105.1 | $327.6 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | $2.791 | $1.237 | $0.880 | $14.12 | $8.737 | $10.80 | $28.45 | $29.77 | $42.68 | . |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | . | . | $23.11 | $33.46 | $41.45 | $18.10 | $8.696 | $22.71 | $8.181 | . |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | $3.798 | $9.688 | $5.057 | $4.205 | $4.145 | $0.624 | . | . | . | . |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | . | . | . | $22.27 | . | . | $1.017 | . | . | . |
| 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 |
| To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page. |
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