US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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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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2006
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2007
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2008
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YTD Jan
through
Feb 2008
AUV
2009
(through
February
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $288 $369 $364 $656 $746 $807 $1,249 $1,336 $1,161 $1,111
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $255 $315 $331 $565 $667 $654 $880 $1,083 $883 $909
Line Pipe -- C & A $376 $327 $405 $636 $765 $660 $798 $985 $767 $710
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $306 $286 $349 $550 $845 $803 $1,202 $961 $924 $920
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $494 $447 $489 $616 $981 $1,104 $976 $1,332 $901 $1,812
Wire Drawn -- C & A $386 $365 $411 $652 $665 $704 $792 $1,059 $748 $780
Standard Pipe -- C & A $375 $329 $402 $553 $708 $609 $564 $1,045 . $1,263
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $244 $284 $309 $471 $689 $529 $1,003 $1,554 $1,431 $2,310
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $407 $398 $432 $465 $740 $668 $853 $1,142 $780 $1,458
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $315 $359 $407 $439 $389 $439 $483 $706 $486 $713
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $283 $320 $250 $616 $583 $504 $959 $1,254 $1,016 $615
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $360 $487 $506 $740 $706 $778 $831 $1,352 . .
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $1,713 . . . . . . . . .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $218 . . . $1,470 . . . . .
Black Plate -- C & A . $277 $381 . . . . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $156 $238 $229 $492 $431 $462 . . . .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . . $1,000 . . . . . .
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $387 $368 $383 $577 $989 $771 $614 . . .
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $278 $290 $312 . $585,714 $548 . . . .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A $328 $332 $349 . $636 $635 $663 . . .
Plates in Coils -- C & A $232 $239 $276 . $706 $552 $808 . . .
Pressure Tubing -- C & A . $437 $422 $2,899 . . . . . .
Railroad Accessories -- C & A . . $1,307 $3,017 . . . . . .
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $283 $271 $378 $610 $575 $544 $790 . . .
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $273 $282 $273 $534 $724 $371 . . . .
Steel Piling -- C & A . . . $2,917 $1,918 . . . . .
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,689 . . . $2,094 . . . . .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $490 . . . . . $1,178 . . .
Tool Steel -- C & A . . . $1,938 $1,277 $7,106 $610 . . .
Wire Rods -- C & A $225 $236 $268 $345 $493 $463 $466 . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $1,393 $1,256 $1,427 $2,150 $2,306 $2,254 $2,638 $2,087 $2,135 $2,488
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $1,084 $959 $1,137 $2,383 $1,820 $1,284 $1,705 $1,782 $1,562 $2,073
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $1,363 $1,139 $1,229 $1,421 $1,951 $2,909 $2,405 $1,844 $1,664 $2,139
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $1,443 $1,342 $1,435 $2,390 $2,524 $2,681 $3,913 $2,994 $3,126 $3,131
Plates in Coils -- S $1,892 $616 . $1,356 $2,866 $1,858 $1,980 $1,707 $6,660 $1,830
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S . $8,196 $4,508 $1,549 . $2,652 . $14,683 . $4,570
Bars-Cold Finished -- S . . $2,094 . . $1,777 . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . $1,030 . . . . . . .
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $1,749 $1,664 $1,789 $1,865 $3,072 $4,051 . . . .

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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