| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FROM CHINA | |||
| Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton | |||
| Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons |
Same Table - US Dollars |
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| Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons |
Same Table - Annual Total US Dollars |
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| 'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products | |||
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| All Steel Mill Products | |||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | $454 | $654 | $778 | $734 | $943 | $1,363 | $1,497 | $1,394 | $1,548 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | |||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | $395 | $563 | $681 | $658 | $754 | $1,222 | $1,404 | $1,078 | $1,214 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | $688 | $690 | $702 | $675 | $755 | $961 | $825 | $825 | $953 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | $439 | $623 | $586 | $556 | $572 | $911 | $784 | $739 | $812 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | $521 | $694 | $730 | $739 | $865 | $1,286 | $1,093 | $1,147 | $1,323 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | $891 | $899 | $888 | $738 | $909 | $1,069 | $1,435 | $1,350 | $1,442 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A | $9,472 | $2,707 | $714 | $803 | $867 | $1,160 | $912 | $938 | $1,030 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | $637 | $792 | $885 | $791 | $856 | $1,526 | $1,607 | $1,528 | $1,740 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | $405 | $553 | $766 | $687 | $708 | $1,022 | $1,135 | $851 | $1,111 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | . | . | . | . | . | $703 | $1,084 | $949 | $1,019 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | $692 | $762 | $884 | $612 | $598 | $763 | $802 | $750 | $791 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | $2,124 | $2,667 | $3,158 | $3,700 | $4,651 | $4,397 | $3,915 | $2,884 | $3,485 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | $623 | $754 | $580 | $608 | $1,128 | $1,212 | $1,100 | $881 | $1,016 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | $410 | $574 | $641 | $579 | $639 | $1,389 | $1,327 | $1,241 | $2,009 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | $649 | $895 | $690 | $608 | $603 | $1,780 | $1,809 | $1,506 | $1,829 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | $554 | $883 | $834 | $689 | $723 | $852 | $1,042 | $946 | $1,014 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | $567 | $720 | $930 | $1,054 | $1,052 | $1,351 | $1,585 | $1,399 | $1,560 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | . | $963 | $959 | $3,104 | $2,740 | $1,348 | $1,054 | $985 | $1,279 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | $284 | $690 | $727 | $969 | $1,350 | $1,581 | $1,403 | $1,349 | $1,506 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | $322 | $651 | $639 | $649 | $845 | $1,223 | $1,643 | $1,072 | $1,426 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | $1,026 | $1,090 | $745 | $1,004 | $1,327 | $1,658 | $2,071 | $1,399 | $1,606 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | . | $1,056 | $881 | $604 | $668 | $950 | $1,331 | $1,230 | $940 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | $256 | . | $794 | $750 | $868 | $1,320 | $1,121 | $1,070 | $1,040 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | $826 | $468 | $478 | $485 | $543 | $1,671 | $1,787 | $1,652 | $1,598 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | $1,079 | $1,290 | $685 | $607 | $578 | $1,035 | $877 | $749 | $906 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | $357 | . | $637 | $603 | $626 | $871 | $630 | $766 | $833 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | $1,368 | $1,080 | $801 | $690 | $843 | $1,580 | $1,994 | $2,088 | $2,052 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | . | $691 | $531 | $671 | $870 | $1,241 | . | $833 | $996 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | $899 | $1,126 | $1,239 | $1,264 | $1,033 | $2,832 | $3,314 | $2,542 | $2,272 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | $690 | $638 | $540 | $617 | $555 | $1,459 | $1,227 | $1,261 | $1,730 |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | $633 | $886 | $798 | $869 | $914 | $1,299 | $1,330 | $1,112 | $1,094 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | $725 | $758 | $1,063 | $1,092 | $1,320 | $2,137 | $972 | $737 | $799 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | $250 | $435 | $438 | $418 | $456 | $971 | $939 | $667 | $1,485 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | $676 | $562 | $765 | $902 | $2,193 | $3,620 | $1,463 | $1,116 | $1,116 |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | $295 | $995 | $562 | $779 | $547 | $1,146 | $968 | $1,377 | $1,209 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | $872 | $577 | $4,625 | $558 | $518 | . | $946 | $5,385 | $5,379 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | $335 | $504 | $538 | $523 | $515 | $1,078 | $1,155 | $1,312 | $1,800 |
| Stainless Products | |||||||||
| All Stainless Products | $2,071 | $2,563 | $3,000 | $3,024 | $4,587 | $4,217 | $3,462 | $3,352 | $4,028 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | $1,581 | $2,289 | $2,364 | $2,610 | $4,368 | $3,939 | $2,545 | $3,015 | $3,387 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | $2,689 | $3,470 | $4,121 | $4,182 | $6,132 | $7,339 | $6,853 | $5,706 | $6,770 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | $6,733 | $2,791 | $2,837 | $3,840 | $4,938 | $4,678 | $2,842 | $3,134 | $3,864 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | $2,490 | $3,113 | $3,485 | $3,657 | $4,592 | $4,664 | $3,117 | $3,432 | $4,083 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | . | $2,628 | $2,604 | $3,835 | $4,251 | $4,017 | $2,479 | $2,927 | $3,685 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | $1,043 | $3,843 | $6,780 | $5,967 | $5,984 |
| Wire Rods -- S | $982 | $1,591 | $1,885 | $1,854 | $2,395 | $2,440 | $1,849 | $2,099 | $2,422 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | $2,192 | $3,423 | $5,394 | $3,732 | $5,494 | $6,122 | $4,242 | $4,031 | $5,190 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | $1,884 | $2,352 | $2,827 | $2,665 | $5,154 | $3,767 | $2,787 | $2,001 | $2,734 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | $2,049 | $2,559 | $2,859 | $2,989 | $3,595 | $5,318 | $4,836 | $4,261 | $4,472 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | . | $2,373 | $2,563 | $2,680 | $4,476 | $3,883 | $2,227 | $3,349 | $2,923 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | $2,981 | $2,640 | $2,124 | $4,054 | $6,687 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | . | $7,286 | . | . | $6,594 | . | $6,677 | $9,380 | $6,851 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | $9,115 | $1,984 | $3,302 | $8,611 | $12,828 | $13,203 | $13,165 | $8,243 | $6,987 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | $1,952 | $2,538 | $3,447 | $2,674 | $4,390 | $4,658 | $8,133 | $5,678 | $4,015 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | $1,332 | $2,350 | $2,919 | $2,062 | $4,437 | $5,459 | $2,728 | $6,184 | $5,240 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | $4,257 | $2,644 | $6,731 | $3,028 | . | . | $4,920 | $4,144 | $3,567 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $5,787 | $10,904 |
| SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration |
| Table last modified on: February 10, 2012 , with |
| Final Census data compiled through December 2011 |
| Data listed in order of descending volume imported during the year - 2011 |
| 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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