US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM JAPAN
Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars
Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons

Same Table - Average Unit Value

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

Product Census Data
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Total
Value
2001
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Total
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2002
Annual
Total
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2003
Annual
Total
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2004
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2005
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Total
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2006
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2007
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2008
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YTD Jan
through
Feb 2008
Annual
Total
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2009
(through
February
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $1,153,146 $939,518 $744,069 $1,014,196 $1,391,235 $1,884,547 $1,726,255 $2,128,107 $267,624 $399,270
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $1,034,390 $863,092 $648,568 $921,341 $1,215,809 $1,720,566 $1,402,488 $1,766,922 $214,416 $334,126
Rails Standard -- C & A $66,513 $66,711 $54,278 $88,399 $90,889 $125,886 $129,016 $141,935 $21,214 $42,923
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $61,367 $54,302 $58,376 $77,214 $105,108 $123,171 $128,261 $169,852 $25,055 $26,003
Line Pipe -- C & A $68,956 $156,028 $78,184 $90,565 $174,257 $224,198 $184,633 $210,055 $23,924 $49,008
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $73,410 $50,426 $9,102 $77,216 $61,727 $85,138 $72,576 $127,610 $2,843 $7.485
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $30,157 $8,991 $10,721 $13,733 $430.8 $153,415 $92,393 $90,854 $18,557 $986.5
Wire Rods -- C & A $45,051 $40,264 $32,277 $42,528 $75,620 $75,600 $77,978 $82,272 $11,790 $14,609
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $162,026 $89,719 $94,029 $122,340 $174,923 $293,962 $101,608 $196,644 $3,786 $57,435
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $93,560 $33,789 $31,447 $52,809 $59,982 $78,292 $62,822 $67,101 $8,905 $13,866
Wire Drawn -- C & A $59,722 $64,461 $66,726 $71,232 $72,896 $69,928 $73,708 $76,518 $13,104 $9,130
Tool Steel -- C & A $42,160 $36,919 $44,901 $41,633 $58,545 $53,947 $42,840 $66,183 $10,115 $10,318
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $11,055 $7,431 $5,187 $7,369 $8,164 $17,620 $27,881 $52,633 $4,282 $11,949
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $16,269 $21,369 $9,728 $18,754 $33,075 $37,611 $44,844 $61,658 $8,750 $14,848
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $78,039 $75,178 $40,975 $47,579 $89,869 $90,907 $89,317 $105,608 $15,542 $17,238
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $12,747 $17,212 $10,345 $26,874 $16,048 $57,246 $15,385 $38,495 $4,611 $5,999
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $16,359 $10,287 $12,834 $21,981 $38,484 $32,801 $32,297 $31,063 $1,964 $4,392
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $21,232 $13,779 $12,683 $9,903 $10,052 $21,902 $35,250 $39,723 $7,687 $7,980
Standard Pipe -- C & A $21,512 $24,654 $10,186 $15,008 $29,107 $17,705 $31,137 $39,593 $4,979 $17,116
Tin Free Steel -- C & A $37,272 $8,495 $8,025 $14,112 $18,171 $18,016 $20,068 $26,289 $3,464 $5,037
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $6,941 $6,217 $3,811 $6,134 $5,783 $14,434 $12,753 $22,050 $2,107 $2,068
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $8,839 $5,871 $771.6 $83.19 $2,942 $12,389 $15,542 $15,654 $2,391 $558.8
Plates in Coils -- C & A $2,886 $1,159 $1,085 $11,282 $14,884 $10,181 $10,924 $12,358 $1,213 $1,342
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $3,874 $5,186 $13,875 $11,989 $12,608 $14,258 $18,868 $22,991 $2,011 $5,491
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . $45.14 . $2,642 $5,054 $12,941 $11,259 $7,625 $1,964 .
Black Plate -- C & A $51,759 $29,332 $14,982 $20,105 $19,294 $34,400 $13,769 $8,373 $2,473 $3,473
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $8,792 $3,225 $2,392 $4,541 $7,188 $8,745 $8,491 $7,777 $1,389 $748.2
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $13,569 $6,705 $7,996 $8,432 $11,182 $8,919 $7,824 $8,730 $1,347 $1,422
Rails All Other -- C & A $1,508 $1,168 $1,826 $931.6 $1,896 $1,813 $1,211 $3,832 $888.1 $3,220
Pressure Tubing -- C & A $4,637 $15,222 $6,720 $7,031 $6,459 $12,638 $21,838 $17,409 $6,060 $1,037
Tin Plate -- C & A $3,087 $2,647 $1,298 $4,785 $6,163 $2,645 $2,673 $2,874 $372.2 $668.5
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $4,039 $4,259 $2,949 $2,672 $2,776 $6,005 $6,640 $9,007 $1,057 $1,277
Pipe For Piling -- C & A $2,306 $389.4 $219.9 $1,060 $2,117 $3,523 $7,100 $2,899 . $3,329
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $216.3 $276.9 $469.3 $352.8 $111.0 $319.7 $1,238 $709.2 $87.27 $644.8
Steel Piling -- C & A $350.5 $61.34 $166.5 $4.026 $3.134 $4.720 $8.684 $537.5 $479.9 .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $4,179 $1,315 $2.883 $42.55 . $5.224 . $10.96 $5.470 .
C . . . . . . $335.0 . . .
Railroad Accessories -- C & A . . . $4.200 . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $118,757 $76,426 $95,500 $92,855 $175,426 $163,980 $323,767 $361,185 $53,209 $65,145
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . . . $116,699 $146,721 $19,769 $36,000
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $659.0 $1,876 $1,587 $2,701 $7,799 $14,644 $13,030 $24,012 $3,106 $3,761
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $54,352 $17,851 $38,986 $35,638 $103,221 $78,266 $98,953 $89,167 $10,681 $13,406
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $31,961 $28,885 $29,440 $28,564 $35,515 $33,592 $37,383 $41,179 $8,853 $3,638
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $5,424 $6,548 $4,649 $5,042 $5,747 $9,839 $23,598 $24,322 $3,830 $1,788
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $8,980 $7,069 $8,376 $8,989 $10,559 $11,055 $16,567 $11,437 $3,168 $1,617
Wire Drawn -- S $7,578 $6,119 $7,045 $6,881 $7,981 $8,105 $9,553 $15,039 $2,010 $2,174
Bars-Light Shaped -- S $341.3 $596.3 $753.5 $372.1 $331.1 $846.8 $794.4 $4,184 $575.1 $555.7
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $1,176 $1,519 $917.9 $644.6 $382.6 $1,231 $938.6 $1,930 $554.4 $219.6
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $1,304 $1,157 $1,617 $1,746 $1,087 $2,528 $1,565 $1,655 $420.2 $521.3
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $240.7 $277.5 $108.8 $107.0 $435.7 $1,385 $685.7 $373.3 $112.4 $45.06
Wire Rods -- S $2,529 $1,977 $705.6 $656.8 $560.9 $646.4 $248.0 $270.7 $50.59 $29.97
Line Pipe -- S . . . . . . $640.9 $417.5 $6.840 $883.8
Plates in Coils -- S $1,191 $1,092 $450.8 $94.32 $5.812 $958.7 $2,113 $253.8 . $496.1
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $2,850 $1,092 $301.6 $605.4 $1,594 $309.7 $636.3 $146.0 $56.05 .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $162.7 $338.5 $512.5 $612.7 $206.2 $573.7 $362.8 $78.02 $16.75 $7.854
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S $7.848 $28.76 $49.04 $202.8 . . . . . .

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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