US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM JAPAN
Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Product Census Data
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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
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Feb 2008
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2009
(through
February
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $96,096 $78,293 $62,006 $84,516 $115,936 $157,046 $143,855 $177,342 $133,812 $199,635
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $86,199 $71,924 $54,047 $76,778 $101,317 $143,381 $116,874 $147,244 $107,208 $167,063
Rails Standard -- C & A $5,543 $5,559 $4,523 $7,367 $7,574 $10,491 $10,751 $11,828 $10,607 $21,462
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $5,114 $4,525 $4,865 $6,435 $8,759 $10,264 $10,688 $14,154 $12,528 $13,002
Line Pipe -- C & A $5,746 $13,002 $6,515 $7,547 $14,521 $18,683 $15,386 $17,505 $11,962 $24,504
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $6,117 $4,202 $758.5 $6,435 $5,144 $7,095 $6,048 $10,634 $1,421 $3.743
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $2,513 $749.3 $893.4 $1,144 $35.90 $12,785 $7,699 $7,571 $9,279 $493.2
Wire Rods -- C & A $3,754 $3,355 $2,690 $3,544 $6,302 $6,300 $6,498 $6,856 $5,895 $7,304
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $13,502 $7,477 $7,836 $10,195 $14,577 $24,497 $8,467 $16,387 $1,893 $28,718
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $7,797 $2,816 $2,621 $4,401 $4,999 $6,524 $5,235 $5,592 $4,452 $6,933
Wire Drawn -- C & A $4,977 $5,372 $5,561 $5,936 $6,075 $5,827 $6,142 $6,377 $6,552 $4,565
Tool Steel -- C & A $3,513 $3,077 $3,742 $3,469 $4,879 $4,496 $3,570 $5,515 $5,058 $5,159
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $921.2 $619.2 $432.3 $614.1 $680.4 $1,468 $2,323 $4,386 $2,141 $5,975
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,356 $1,781 $810.7 $1,563 $2,756 $3,134 $3,737 $5,138 $4,375 $7,424
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $6,503 $6,265 $3,415 $3,965 $7,489 $7,576 $7,443 $8,801 $7,771 $8,619
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $1,062 $1,434 $862.1 $2,239 $1,337 $4,771 $1,282 $3,208 $2,305 $3,000
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $1,363 $857.2 $1,069 $1,832 $3,207 $2,733 $2,691 $2,589 $981.9 $2,196
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $1,769 $1,148 $1,057 $825.3 $837.7 $1,825 $2,937 $3,310 $3,844 $3,990
Standard Pipe -- C & A $1,793 $2,055 $848.8 $1,251 $2,426 $1,475 $2,595 $3,299 $2,489 $8,558
Tin Free Steel -- C & A $3,106 $707.9 $668.8 $1,176 $1,514 $1,501 $1,672 $2,191 $1,732 $2,518
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $578.4 $518.1 $317.5 $511.2 $481.9 $1,203 $1,063 $1,837 $1,054 $1,034
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $736.6 $489.2 $64.30 $6.933 $245.2 $1,032 $1,295 $1,305 $1,195 $279.4
Plates in Coils -- C & A $240.5 $96.55 $90.41 $940.1 $1,240 $848.4 $910.4 $1,030 $606.3 $671.0
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $322.9 $432.2 $1,156 $999.1 $1,051 $1,188 $1,572 $1,916 $1,005 $2,746
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . $3.762 . $220.1 $421.1 $1,078 $938.3 $635.4 $981.8 .
Black Plate -- C & A $4,313 $2,444 $1,248 $1,675 $1,608 $2,867 $1,147 $697.7 $1,237 $1,737
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $732.7 $268.7 $199.3 $378.4 $599.0 $728.8 $707.6 $648.1 $694.5 $374.1
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,131 $558.8 $666.3 $702.7 $931.9 $743.3 $652.0 $727.5 $673.7 $711.1
Rails All Other -- C & A $125.6 $97.35 $152.2 $77.63 $158.0 $151.1 $100.9 $319.3 $444.1 $1,610
Pressure Tubing -- C & A $386.4 $1,268 $560.0 $586.0 $538.3 $1,053 $1,820 $1,451 $3,030 $518.5
Tin Plate -- C & A $257.3 $220.6 $108.2 $398.8 $513.6 $220.4 $222.8 $239.5 $186.1 $334.3
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $336.6 $354.9 $245.7 $222.6 $231.3 $500.4 $553.4 $750.6 $528.3 $638.3
Pipe For Piling -- C & A $192.2 $32.45 $18.33 $88.34 $176.4 $293.6 $591.7 $241.6 . $1,664
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $18.03 $23.08 $39.11 $29.40 $9.250 $26.64 $103.2 $59.10 $43.64 $322.4
Steel Piling -- C & A $29.21 $5.112 $13.87 $0.336 $0.261 $0.393 $0.724 $44.79 $239.9 .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $348.2 $109.6 $0.240 $3.546 . $0.435 . $0.913 $2.735 .
C . . . . . . $27.91 . . .
Railroad Accessories -- C & A . . . $0.350 . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $9,896 $6,369 $7,958 $7,738 $14,619 $13,665 $26,981 $30,099 $26,604 $32,572
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . . . $9,725 $12,227 $9,884 $18,000
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $54.91 $156.3 $132.2 $225.1 $649.9 $1,220 $1,086 $2,001 $1,553 $1,881
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $4,529 $1,488 $3,249 $2,970 $8,602 $6,522 $8,246 $7,431 $5,341 $6,703
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $2,663 $2,407 $2,453 $2,380 $2,960 $2,799 $3,115 $3,432 $4,427 $1,819
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $452.0 $545.6 $387.4 $420.1 $479.0 $819.9 $1,966 $2,027 $1,915 $894.2
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $748.3 $589.1 $698.0 $749.0 $879.9 $921.2 $1,381 $953.1 $1,584 $808.5
Wire Drawn -- S $631.5 $509.9 $587.1 $573.4 $665.1 $675.4 $796.1 $1,253 $1,005 $1,087
Bars-Light Shaped -- S $28.44 $49.69 $62.79 $31.01 $27.59 $70.56 $66.20 $348.7 $287.6 $277.9
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $97.97 $126.6 $76.49 $53.71 $31.88 $102.6 $78.21 $160.8 $277.2 $109.8
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $108.7 $96.45 $134.7 $145.5 $90.55 $210.7 $130.4 $137.9 $210.1 $260.6
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $20.06 $23.12 $9.067 $8.915 $36.31 $115.4 $57.14 $31.11 $56.22 $22.53
Wire Rods -- S $210.8 $164.8 $58.80 $54.73 $46.75 $53.86 $20.66 $22.55 $25.29 $14.99
Line Pipe -- S . . . . . . $53.40 $34.80 $3.420 $441.9
Plates in Coils -- S $99.28 $90.96 $37.57 $7.860 $0.484 $79.89 $176.1 $21.15 . $248.0
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $237.5 $91.00 $25.13 $50.45 $132.8 $25.80 $53.02 $12.17 $28.02 .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $13.56 $28.21 $42.71 $51.06 $17.19 $47.81 $30.24 $6.502 $8.374 $3.927
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S $0.654 $2.397 $4.087 $16.90 . . . . . .

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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