US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars
Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons

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
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Value
2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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YTD Jan
through
Feb 2008
Monthly
Average
Value
2009
(through
February
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $11,345 $11,981 $11,004 $19,974 $18,483 $28,614 $13,622 $9,041 $9,751 $7,161
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $9,735 $9,623 $9,673 $16,230 $15,717 $20,993 $7,584 $5,482 $5,776 $5,114
Line Pipe -- C & A $116.0 $252.6 $202.4 $73.21 $1,437 $1,239 $597.2 $1,476 $904.7 $146.2
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $176.7 $257.2 $424.0 $736.9 $1,789 $2,815 $2,254 $1,010 $2,969 $1,838
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $456.9 $578.9 $489.8 $699.6 $1,050 $1,569 $440.0 $1,337 $1,231 $686.7
Wire Drawn -- C & A $652.0 $878.4 $869.8 $1,368 $1,218 $894.8 $550.0 $599.0 $274.0 $261.4
Standard Pipe -- C & A $427.6 $483.0 $509.4 $1,005 $1,094 $1,243 $20.14 $562.5 . $408.5
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $139.6 $390.5 $473.9 $1,023 $1,187 $1,038 $195.0 $192.8 $205.0 $381.1
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $58.80 $88.11 $103.1 $98.91 $96.62 $197.1 $129.7 $123.9 $80.21 $16.37
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $18.26 $10.10 $18.74 $15.42 $17.73 $25.87 $37.83 $49.19 $52.83 $132.2
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $1,430 $99.67 $324.4 $17.88 $347.7 $937.5 $22.82 $75.66 $59.92 $1,244
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $906.7 $1,806 $1,510 $4,340 $3,590 $6,021 $2,663 $55.71 . .
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $0.661 . . . . . . . . .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $73.43 . . . $2.929 . . . . .
Black Plate -- C & A . $7.288 $6.459 . . . . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $1,789 $810.8 $1,380 $2,688 $355.9 $38.98 . . . .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . . $30.92 . . . . . .
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $79.16 $137.8 $121.5 $217.1 $28.27 $90.50 $0.537 . . .
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $45.73 $9.617 $7.424 . $0.342 $1.470 . . . .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A $68.33 $97.05 $21.77 . $72.79 $92.62 $145.9 . . .
Plates in Coils -- C & A $35.65 $260.1 $70.77 . $3.434 $172.0 $11.04 . . .
Pressure Tubing -- C & A . $10.99 $5.105 $1.796 . . . . . .
Railroad Accessories -- C & A . . $0.205 $0.181 . . . . . .
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,907 $595.7 $1,212 $2,267 $1,201 $2,039 $170.5 . . .
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $59.11 $2,095 $523.0 $417.8 $1.383 $159.9 . . . .
Steel Piling -- C & A . . . $7.931 $2.215 . . . . .
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $0.770 . . . $5.672 . . . . .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $0.452 . . . . . $24.44 . . .
Tool Steel -- C & A . . . $2.208 $16.51 $3.112 $2.433 . . .
Wire Rods -- C & A $1,293 $754.6 $1,400 $1,220 $2,198 $2,416 $319.8 . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $1,609 $2,358 $1,331 $3,744 $2,766 $7,621 $6,039 $3,559 $3,975 $2,046
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $184.4 $213.8 $118.5 $1,858 $431.9 $1,347 $942.7 $1,107 $520.3 $243.3
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $542.9 $624.6 $314.4 $439.7 $405.4 $1,430 $2,090 $1,111 $1,528 $781.4
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $684.6 $1,318 $520.6 $1,079 $1,763 $4,628 $2,607 $1,204 $1,892 $952.7
Plates in Coils -- S $6.592 $6.754 . $1.917 $73.80 $206.5 $398.6 $135.0 $34.57 $62.81
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S . $8.821 $0.239 $32.53 . $0.390 . $2.036 . $6.067
Bars-Cold Finished -- S . . $25.12 . . $1.142 . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . $1.816 . . . . . . .
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $191.0 $185.6 $350.0 $333.2 $91.53 $7.954 . . . .

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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