US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA
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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2012
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YTD Jan
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2013
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March
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $1,675,781 $3,586,679 $3,944,961 $5,964,470 $1,991,617 $1,089,069 $1,740,918 $1,920,361 $399,025 $419,715
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $1,405,316 $3,112,176 $3,001,772 $5,097,073 $1,781,732 $724,450 $1,202,292 $1,445,993 $306,690 $326,680
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $43,444 $217,920 $116,424 $164,796 $30,084 $43,202 $129,368 $169,643 $34,011 $45,828
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $21,028 $38,752 $87,914 $361,883 $34,516 $29,076 $130,438 $209,912 $34,987 $65,032
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $94,702 $456,576 $256,604 $409,130 $62,966 $117,406 $165,941 $189,035 $42,175 $54,098
Wire Drawn -- C & A $90,987 $133,337 $139,203 $167,470 $95,119 $123,167 $136,362 $136,766 $31,730 $31,017
Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A $2,643 $35,731 $55,570 $81,613 $14,753 $44,760 $79,923 $108,929 $27,314 $18,526
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $64,308 $123,749 $133,797 $122,338 $68,415 $65,708 $108,018 $122,317 $29,992 $16,944
Wire Rods -- C & A $272,383 $513,173 $243,339 $140,025 $7,166 $6,927 $340.9 $39,754 $1,446 $3,879
Line Pipe -- C & A $61,536 $256,500 $312,792 $497,801 $123,196 $34,418 $59,324 $64,999 $15,025 $11,763
Tool Steel -- C & A $55,145 $48,330 $46,536 $77,025 $26,467 $49,218 $77,156 $106,140 $29,227 $14,866
Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . $26.55 $19,329 $26,333 $39,060 $35,720 $11,171 $16,470
Rails All Other -- C & A $836.2 $8,267 $41,378 $37,418 $10,661 $8,974 $21,096 $25,854 $2,368 $2,213
Tin Plate -- C & A $6,721 $18,129 $19,400 $13,486 $26,704 $24,657 $16,730 $22,320 $4,052 $8,664
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $392,502 $723,670 $854,551 $2,745,469 $1,138,934 $53,480 $25,531 $33,316 $1,879 $2,454
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $17,872 $60,057 $96,213 $19,560 $10,689 $16,634 $31,126 $34,326 $8,836 $3,526
Standard Pipe -- C & A $220,454 $354,314 $418,778 $113,773 $46,282 $13,357 $36,209 $24,732 $6,264 $4,594
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $185.1 $2,389 $557.0 $1,118 $214.9 $1,803 $20,396 $15,237 $2,540 $2,215
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $409.6 $2,737 $5,139 $8,677 $3,731 $7,405 $19,106 $15,863 $2,380 $3,377
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $2,931 $16,603 $19,942 $21,477 $10,346 $7,917 $17,869 $17,620 $7,331 $2,445
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $13,242 $21,995 $23,222 $45,763 $3,156 $8,071 $16,855 $13,737 $1,673 $2,950
Pipe For Piling -- C & A $1,286 $3,633 $10,445 $7,359 $10,787 $4,970 $8,027 $10,783 $23.64 $325.3
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $403.5 $3,867 $3,209 $6,040 $6,265 $7,527 $8,808 $7,326 $1,288 $7,586
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $32,433 $16,661 $7,865 $4,946 $4,121 $3,679 $10,843 $9,765 $2,187 $2,025
Pressure Tubing -- C & A $2,684 $15,394 $13,360 $30,317 $16,858 $9,020 $14,240 $8,430 $3,009 $1,115
Rails Standard -- C & A $32.79 $9,579 $7,043 $320.1 $361.3 $2,949 $5,919 $3,696 $362.1 $511.8
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,667 $7,574 $6,232 $3,409 $3,621 $3,548 $6,864 $7,922 $2,576 $450.7
Black Plate -- C & A $1,235 $3,626 $2,177 $2,980 $1,761 $3,266 $4,698 $2,693 $508.5 $790.8
Railroad Accessories -- C & A $456.7 $527.0 $663.0 $3,058 $1,558 $773.7 $1,420 $2,385 $417.5 $1,263
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $600.7 $8,722 $62,545 $2,431 $1,509 $2,268 $2,521 $1,494 $254.1 $804.4
Plates in Coils -- C & A $31.96 $564.5 $102.0 $2,361 . $545.8 $2,715 $1,062 . .
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $695.2 $3,061 $7,323 $2,964 $1,375 $1,632 $3,571 $2,285 $1,272 $581.7
Steel Piling -- C & A $57.45 $77.01 $30.21 $34.36 $58.72 $719.3 $555.8 $609.9 $53.48 $105.8
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $2,336 $5,251 $6,930 $1,589 $125.4 $440.3 $86.72 $588.8 $141.7 $136.1
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $55.99 $480.4 $1,665 $222.2 $112.7 $112.4 $226.9 $277.5 $56.29 $30.74
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $10.40 $164.6 $593.0 $195.4 $358.5 $290.7 $241.3 $85.95 $15.23 $53.95
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $2.340 $763.1 $234.3 . $131.3 $195.8 $704.1 $367.6 $123.2 $40.44
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $270,465 $474,503 $943,189 $867,397 $209,885 $364,619 $538,627 $474,368 $92,334 $93,035
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $120,737 $271,255 $432,072 $479,648 $46,632 $211,527 $275,474 $191,768 $24,733 $33,731
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $89,917 $150,642 $301,655 $177,963 $83,105 $73,769 $127,355 $145,160 $35,877 $29,667
Plates in Coils -- S $821.0 $6,588 $17,354 $23,407 $2,196 $4,174 $20,547 $38,061 $13,092 $6,900
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $499.6 $3,109 $82,735 $48,089 $21,308 $10,497 $31,521 $22,409 $5,004 $4,775
Wire Drawn -- S $21,391 $22,724 $28,636 $22,440 $9,325 $23,992 $30,064 $25,382 $5,791 $5,229
Wire Rods -- S $8,300 $8,604 $8,509 $9,709 $1,510 $3,483 $6,901 $6,334 $1,184 $1,895
Line Pipe -- S . . $8,737 $3,223 $6,319 $739.1 $18,933 $17,237 $2,015 $5,312
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $1,708 $2,674 $2,863 $6,524 $1,687 $9,664 $5,295 $5,285 $1,011 $1,249
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $23,035 $5,879 $8,396 $7,363 $2,858 $5,135 $10,354 $10,091 $1,990 $1,795
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $1,565 $1,127 $1,146 $2,428 $465.2 $680.5 $3,692 $3,307 $691.0 $778.5
Oil Country Goods -- S . . $42,907 $70,999 $32,275 $2,052 $3,089 $3,754 $383.1 $133.7
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $798.6 $1,137 $6,806 $13,199 $736.7 $17,472 $2,094 $841.7 $109.2 $2.362
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $1,042 $411.5 $915.4 $1,775 $1,307 $418.2 $1,017 $1,217 $269.1 $404.0
Structural Pipe & Tube -- S . . . . . $31.40 $191.9 $1,586 . $1,107
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S $49.74 $7.486 . . $50.37 $5.139 $124.9 $1,292 $36.17 .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $104.8 $129.5 $341.4 $357.2 $92.45 $39.63 $257.8 $568.3 $136.1 $49.25
Bars-Light Shaped -- S $497.4 $217.2 $104.4 $272.5 $13.66 $2.612 $250.0 $47.50 $11.07 $8.000
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . $12.20 . $5.442 $938.4 $1,465 $27.66 $2.324 .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 2, 2013 , with
Final Census data compiled through March 2013
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during the year - 2012
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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