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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2012
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YTD Jan
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Mar 2012
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2013
(through
March
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $1,391,235 $1,884,547 $1,725,920 $2,128,107 $1,579,405 $1,854,784 $2,545,848 $3,080,002 $782,779 $605,166
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $1,215,809 $1,720,566 $1,402,153 $1,766,922 $1,317,339 $1,547,665 $2,164,712 $2,713,293 $695,642 $542,081
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $430.8 $153,415 $92,393 $90,854 $80,933 $87,942 $332,149 $354,810 $109,125 $67,629
Line Pipe -- C & A $174,257 $224,198 $184,633 $210,055 $217,005 $107,558 $234,043 $382,010 $64,590 $37,245
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $38,484 $32,801 $32,297 $31,063 $30,138 $45,720 $69,036 $171,219 $54,926 $47,135
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $174,923 $293,962 $101,608 $196,644 $193,429 $272,928 $316,112 $477,353 $97,067 $66,987
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $105,108 $123,171 $128,261 $169,852 $90,079 $156,902 $192,223 $254,951 $61,202 $57,321
Rails Standard -- C & A $90,889 $125,886 $129,016 $141,935 $134,002 $139,502 $159,590 $177,273 $73,551 $61,414
Wire Rods -- C & A $75,620 $75,600 $77,978 $82,272 $49,822 $91,325 $113,326 $103,985 $30,018 $20,694
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $59,982 $78,292 $62,822 $67,101 $65,395 $82,520 $98,084 $119,763 $28,921 $37,455
Wire Drawn -- C & A $72,896 $69,928 $73,708 $76,518 $54,642 $88,103 $82,690 $120,549 $27,596 $25,049
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $33,075 $37,611 $44,844 $61,658 $42,040 $31,317 $36,976 $58,613 $8,452 $9,642
Tool Steel -- C & A $58,545 $53,947 $42,840 $66,183 $22,971 $45,659 $65,985 $60,879 $15,724 $14,027
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $10,052 $21,902 $35,250 $39,723 $42,240 $95,832 $70,750 $60,272 $19,921 $15,931
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $8,164 $17,620 $27,881 $52,633 $39,918 $53,528 $38,207 $25,668 $7,584 $5,495
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $2,942 $12,389 $15,542 $15,654 $5,103 $7,974 $17,637 $26,072 $6,452 $3,472
Black Plate -- C & A $19,294 $34,400 $13,769 $8,373 $19,440 $16,314 $17,455 $21,989 $6,400 $5,746
Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A $12,608 $14,258 $18,868 $22,991 $27,440 $41,655 $56,095 $48,698 $14,517 $15,489
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $89,869 $90,907 $89,317 $105,608 $79,479 $62,510 $88,054 $94,689 $22,532 $18,851
Tin Free Steel -- C & A $18,171 $18,016 $20,068 $26,289 $12,368 $15,514 $32,899 $26,830 $11,596 $7,282
Plates in Coils -- C & A $14,884 $10,181 $10,924 $12,358 $11,690 $17,728 $21,977 $21,647 $6,195 $1,876
Standard Pipe -- C & A $29,107 $17,705 $31,137 $39,593 $39,011 $23,384 $49,883 $38,323 $12,817 $6,114
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $16,048 $57,246 $15,385 $38,495 $11,945 $6,576 $13,300 $16,835 $3,760 $6,924
Rails All Other -- C & A $1,896 $1,813 $1,211 $3,832 $5,337 $5,341 $4,089 $6,645 $1,879 $961.0
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $5,783 $14,434 $12,753 $22,050 $6,283 $8,056 $10,222 $5,249 $1,863 $989.7
Tin Plate -- C & A $6,163 $2,645 $2,673 $2,874 $3,287 $3,076 $4,569 $3,418 $726.5 $166.6
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $11,182 $8,919 $7,824 $8,730 $6,064 $11,132 $13,277 $10,644 $2,091 $2,200
Pressure Tubing -- C & A $6,459 $12,638 $21,838 $17,409 $5,241 $3,536 $5,249 $6,709 $1,920 $2,221
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $7,188 $8,745 $8,491 $7,777 $3,878 $5,499 $5,089 $4,614 $1,355 $560.2
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $111.0 $319.7 $1,238 $709.2 $2,146 $5,687 $10,342 $9,603 $1,453 $2,514
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $2,776 $6,005 $6,640 $9,007 $11,976 $8,831 $4,692 $2,985 $915.9 $652.2
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . $5.224 . $10.96 $6.160 $6.916 $259.8 $376.3 . .
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $5,054 $12,941 $11,259 $7,625 $19.31 . $105.7 $230.9 $103.5 $37.20
Steel Piling -- C & A $3.134 $4.720 $8.684 $537.5 $312.4 . $342.2 $374.0 $374.0 .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $61,727 $85,138 $72,576 $127,610 $7.485 $5,976 . $16.77 $16.77 .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A $2,117 $3,523 $7,100 $2,899 $3,692 $36.20 $2.727 . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $175,426 $163,980 $323,767 $361,185 $262,066 $307,119 $381,137 $366,709 $87,136 $63,085
Oil Country Goods -- S . . $116,699 $146,721 $142,326 $154,329 $167,308 $150,507 $28,750 $21,970
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $7,799 $14,644 $13,030 $24,012 $11,921 $28,968 $28,897 $30,172 $7,029 $9,940
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $103,221 $78,266 $98,953 $89,167 $56,835 $54,438 $84,243 $98,908 $27,354 $12,594
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $5,747 $9,839 $23,598 $24,322 $7,548 $14,958 $29,687 $28,972 $8,390 $5,831
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $10,559 $11,055 $16,567 $11,437 $4,240 $4,033 $12,724 $8,291 $2,553 $1,274
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $35,515 $33,592 $37,383 $41,179 $21,394 $32,008 $30,571 $21,549 $4,851 $5,929
Wire Drawn -- S $7,981 $8,105 $9,553 $15,039 $10,988 $15,307 $16,608 $16,934 $4,032 $3,870
Plates in Coils -- S $5.812 $958.7 $2,113 $253.8 $757.7 $99.39 $4,398 $4,384 $850.2 $365.1
Line Pipe -- S . . $640.9 $417.5 $3,415 $168.3 $3,180 $4,401 $2,553 $901.8
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $1,087 $2,528 $1,565 $1,655 $1,296 $1,457 $1,126 $1,064 $344.0 $231.5
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $435.7 $1,385 $685.7 $373.3 $145.1 $317.6 $514.2 $356.6 $73.72 $58.63
Bars-Light Shaped -- S $331.1 $846.8 $794.4 $4,184 $676.1 $285.4 $240.5 $443.6 $50.73 .
Wire Rods -- S $560.9 $646.4 $248.0 $270.7 $42.08 $257.5 $400.4 $272.1 $120.0 $42.74
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $382.6 $1,231 $938.6 $1,930 $306.6 $294.8 $413.4 $173.9 $134.1 .
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $1,594 $309.7 $636.3 $146.0 $61.54 $91.68 $365.5 $111.7 . $7.479
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . $13.20 . $354.1 $115.7 . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $206.2 $573.7 $362.8 $78.02 $102.2 $107.6 $106.2 $52.61 $52.61 $69.54

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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