| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
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| 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 | $797 | $793 | $1,111 | $989 | $1,124 | $1,328 | $1,425 | $1,379 | $1,396 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | |||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | $714 | $734 | $998 | $921 | $950 | $1,155 | $1,237 | $1,207 | $1,231 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | $353 | $268 | $850 | $417 | $481 | $656 | $370 | $617 | $687 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | $620 | $690 | $1,010 | $1,054 | $1,177 | $1,274 | $1,548 | $1,155 | $1,245 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | $567 | $721 | $846 | $960 | $888 | $1,021 | $1,139 | $1,055 | $1,205 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | $485 | $537 | $701 | $694 | $712 | $840 | $925 | $862 | $1,005 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | $2,578 | $2,305 | $3,332 | $4,464 | $4,236 | $2,097 | $2,508 | $1,873 | $2,331 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | $366 | $453 | $747 | $771 | $703 | $788 | $824 | $822 | $979 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | $719 | $697 | $801 | $747 | $890 | $1,076 | $1,175 | $1,034 | $1,157 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | $548 | $559 | $734 | $764 | $754 | $884 | $1,038 | $1,004 | $1,089 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | $872 | $985 | $1,195 | $1,358 | $1,324 | $1,554 | $1,905 | $1,767 | $2,124 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | $772 | $923 | $1,157 | $1,432 | $1,374 | $1,477 | $2,119 | $1,471 | $1,777 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | $701 | $759 | $934 | $1,250 | $1,085 | $1,196 | $1,198 | $1,029 | $1,098 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | $530 | $720 | $894 | $996 | $1,050 | $1,293 | $1,707 | $2,454 | $2,190 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A | $1,246 | $1,313 | $1,491 | $1,448 | $1,913 | $1,818 | $1,806 | $1,427 | $1,774 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | $771 | $783 | $1,286 | $1,108 | $1,303 | $1,440 | $1,531 | $1,612 | $1,693 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | $1,455 | $1,637 | $2,229 | $2,415 | $2,596 | $2,979 | $3,896 | $3,222 | $3,342 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | $522 | $822 | $1,086 | $1,098 | $1,274 | $1,407 | $1,990 | $1,673 | $1,489 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | $697 | $705 | $863 | $874 | $887 | $1,041 | $1,236 | $1,138 | $1,369 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | $598 | $672 | $715 | $749 | $747 | $874 | $1,012 | $969 | $1,152 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | $736 | $716 | $1,093 | $767 | $821 | $829 | $927 | $849 | $915 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | $381 | $652 | $627 | $622 | $742 | $1,020 | $847 | $837 | $1,022 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | $663 | $765 | $898 | $769 | $944 | $1,093 | $1,140 | $1,341 | $1,299 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | $745 | $888 | $1,145 | $1,050 | $1,042 | $1,276 | $1,896 | $1,377 | $1,298 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | $573 | $686 | $903 | $980 | $995 | $896 | $1,297 | $979 | $1,017 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | $708 | $794 | $905 | $974 | $994 | $1,116 | $1,108 | $1,049 | $1,241 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | $1,584 | $1,490 | $1,708 | $1,534 | $1,454 | $1,871 | $3,265 | $3,490 | $5,311 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | $1,470 | $1,308 | $2,090 | $2,286 | $4,937 | $4,694 | $4,429 | $2,822 | $2,379 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | $1,053 | $974 | $1,391 | $1,324 | $1,256 | $1,329 | $2,844 | $2,377 | $2,724 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | $1,380 | $857 | $753 | $601 | $414 | $1,194 | $2,943 | $4,290 | $9,102 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | $3,545 | $3,004 | $3,719 | $3,717 | $3,304 | $3,661 | $4,447 | $3,890 | $5,910 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | $518 | $1,678 | . | $518 | . | $518 | $718 | $1,097 | $934 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | . | $711 | $437 | $491 | $505 | $649 | $1,301 | . | $901 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | $474 | $725 | $725 | $725 | $725 | $940 | $1,119 | . | $3,157 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | $417 | $575 | $817 | $807 | $915 | $1,233 | $1,440 | $1,086 | $1,362 |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | $273 | $427 | $410 | $422 | $503 | $841 | $809 | $600 | . |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | . | $651 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Stainless Products | |||||||||
| All Stainless Products | $3,958 | $3,826 | $5,125 | $4,481 | $5,390 | $4,988 | $6,031 | $4,933 | $5,852 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | $5,005 | $4,387 | $5,984 | $5,347 | $6,553 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | $1,586 | $1,990 | $1,392 | $1,377 | $1,516 | $1,550 | $1,743 | $1,742 | $1,834 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | $3,845 | $3,935 | $5,924 | $6,548 | $8,943 | $10,262 | $10,317 | $8,522 | $9,875 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | $1,998 | $2,267 | $3,696 | $3,471 | $5,999 | $5,850 | $3,798 | $3,751 | $4,966 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | $2,296 | $1,661 | $2,878 | $2,535 | $2,903 | $5,161 | $5,146 | $3,916 | $4,183 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | $7,296 | $7,627 | $8,738 | $8,434 | $8,618 | $8,262 | $10,815 | $9,727 | $11,393 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | $6,443 | $6,565 | $7,701 | $8,681 | $8,431 | $10,748 | $10,294 | $10,441 | $12,822 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | $871 | $556 | $4,668 | $6,726 | $7,127 | $6,651 | $4,511 | $3,814 | $4,079 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | $1,213 | $5,087 | $4,140 | $15,277 | $6,925 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | $1,599 | $1,695 | . | . | . | . | $4,143 | . | $1,393 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | $6,513 | $2,486 | $3,092 | $2,445 | $2,209 | $2,296 | $2,644 | $2,576 | $3,614 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | $3,802 | $4,003 | $4,570 | $6,021 | $6,918 | $6,381 | $7,880 | $8,512 | $10,428 |
| Wire Rods -- S | $2,686 | $2,501 | $2,615 | $2,776 | $2,446 | $2,694 | $3,044 | $3,373 | $4,087 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | $3,961 | $3,478 | $4,566 | $4,846 | $6,222 | $4,824 | $4,777 | $3,488 | $5,538 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | $18,906 | $18,935 | $14,068 | $5,461 | $5,316 | $4,812 | $2,397 | $2,978 | $9,178 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | $3,965 | $4,940 | $5,136 | $5,124 | $5,925 | $4,513 | $5,547 | $4,300 | $7,097 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | $2,677 | $6,194 | $9,096 | $10,644 | $3,216 | $2,628 | $4,785 | $5,457 | $5,118 |
| 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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