US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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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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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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