US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA
Quantity in Metric Tons
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

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2011
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 48,574 139,676 179,483 407,473 348,726 364,711 110,830 65,082 93,696
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 46,873 133,326 171,969 394,397 331,593 347,568 105,778 56,018 82,552
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 2.16 13,353 11,235 56,375 28,334 35,475 6,359 11,856 14,511
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 48.2 8,006 6,176 32,682 16,947 15,073 3,199 4,872 13,280
Wire Drawn -- C & A 4,690 7,619 10,382 15,035 13,412 10,856 7,249 8,951 8,591
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 58.0 209.4 1,973 4,377 8,061 28,213 2,003 1,795 7,539
Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 0.33 0.60 308.5 3,706 5,344 5,864 1,348 3,974 6,466
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 654.8 1,805 6,058 13,039 13,022 6,680 3,547 3,584 5,172
Line Pipe -- C & A 3,698 4,558 6,691 31,099 36,799 40,598 9,044 3,371 4,449
Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . 3.14 1,486 2,312 3,194
Rails All Other -- C & A 5.79 53.8 78.7 1,126 5,770 4,087 1,107 997.0 2,221
Tool Steel -- C & A 238.1 642.2 1,454 1,088 833.7 1,459 563.3 1,422 1,844
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 0.39 4.44 26.5 327.6 41.1 76.8 16.2 170.5 1,673
Standard Pipe -- C & A 7,254 20,745 28,677 51,027 54,613 6,825 2,906 896.7 1,502
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 58.9 436.2 2,159 8,228 13,289 915.9 492.3 920.6 1,417
Tin Plate -- C & A 2.63 313.2 671.9 2,191 2,237 1,319 2,135 2,171 1,375
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 9,160 13,270 35,181 57,192 67,677 169,296 59,891 3,185 1,364
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A . 2.04 35.5 73.4 156.2 536.5 294.9 626.4 1,244
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 18.9 174.5 335.7 1,428 1,231 1,131 614.6 489.0 988.9
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 458.1 247.0 1,725 2,825 2,291 3,118 160.0 627.5 985.2
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 71.4 77.4 300.3 1,277 839.0 1,524 678.4 537.2 738.7
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . 6.89 121.5 501.2 1,302 645.7 675.1 336.6 711.6
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 7.92 . 42.3 429.5 307.9 381.2 465.6 586.1 705.8
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 6.18 2,629 5,657 2,861 1,207 246.5 192.1 185.5 565.2
Rails Standard -- C & A 1.35 2.84 3.99 1,316 1,014 25.7 34.3 328.2 544.6
Black Plate -- C & A 1.33 . 161.5 500.7 289.6 285.0 232.8 355.4 470.0
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 9.20 59.5 173.3 915.1 615.8 179.8 151.3 141.6 278.7
Plates in Coils -- C & A . 481.2 5.01 70.1 9.77 158.4 . 54.6 227.2
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 1.82 7.40 46.7 201.8 590.8 87.2 34.5 53.5 131.0
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 17.1 159.1 92.7 1,178 9,393 138.8 102.4 149.9 121.4
Railroad Accessories -- C & A 3.05 33.5 47.6 50.5 60.4 196.1 97.6 58.0 108.1
Steel Piling -- C & A 0.50 5.26 4.50 5.87 1.90 1.34 5.03 81.3 57.9
Wire Rods -- C & A 20,361 58,263 51,765 102,246 44,460 12,022 635.6 865.3 19.1
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 2.90 3.72 1.13 15.2 22.5 4.49 20.4 21.6 18.0
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 1.60 12.7 8.30 51.3 253.7 16.1 9.69 6.79 15.6
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 1.71 2.34 0.04 113.8 37.6 . 11.5 3.02 10.9
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 35.9 138.3 361.7 836.3 1,121 122.8 9.04 27.9 4.01
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 1,700 6,350 7,514 13,076 17,133 17,142 5,051 9,064 11,143
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 590.6 4,094 4,256 8,661 8,243 10,148 1,526 5,845 6,778
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 595.1 1,296 1,818 3,002 4,099 2,020 1,010 1,077 1,567
Plates Cut Lengths -- S 0.08 8.21 14.6 67.4 1,396 856.6 624.8 279.1 679.7
Wire Drawn -- S 221.9 311.4 511.4 517.8 519.6 400.9 249.3 582.5 613.6
Plates in Coils -- S . 2.75 26.2 143.1 340.1 485.5 73.8 118.8 464.6
Line Pipe -- S . . . . 697.9 69.8 77.6 10.3 263.6
Wire Rods -- S 162.2 337.2 366.9 386.7 296.0 331.5 68.0 138.2 237.4
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 52.9 143.3 355.8 131.2 127.3 100.2 56.1 106.1 166.2
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 57.4 44.4 50.3 83.5 46.2 144.3 50.4 402.3 161.4
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 5.50 18.3 45.6 31.4 26.5 38.0 8.01 13.3 68.8
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . 39.8 25.9 35.3 126.7 283.2 27.5 434.7 59.7
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . 1,199 2,241 1,266 42.1 38.5
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . 3.05 . . 0.15 . 0.06 8.33 17.8
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 1.26 29.7 26.2 3.98 5.94 11.2 8.27 4.22 12.1
Bars-Light Shaped -- S 11.8 13.1 12.0 6.76 1.98 4.87 0.13 0.03 5.18
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 0.66 6.00 2.99 5.23 6.41 5.45 2.82 0.53 4.09
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 1.18 1.59 0.61 0.20 . . 0.85 0.10 2.91
Structural Pipe & Tube -- S . . . . . . . 0.45 1.46

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
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