| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FROM JAPAN | |||
| Quantity in Metric Tons | |||
| Same Table - Monthly Average US Dollars |
Same Table - Average Unit Value |
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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 | |||
| Product | Census Data | ||||||||
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| Monthly Average Quantity 2003 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2004 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2005 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2006 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2007 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2008 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2009 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2010 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2011 |
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| All Steel Mill Products | |||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | 77,755 | 106,635 | 104,357 | 158,795 | 127,994 | 133,565 | 92,386 | 112,060 | 152,023 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | |||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | 75,744 | 104,613 | 101,505 | 155,746 | 122,989 | 127,531 | 88,765 | 106,871 | 146,596 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | 2,532 | 4,264 | 42.2 | 30,638 | 16,013 | 11,543 | 18,235 | 11,877 | 40,295 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | 10,509 | 10,944 | 14,380 | 17,731 | 13,076 | 13,741 | 11,684 | 7,757 | 15,671 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | 8,580 | 8,926 | 10,358 | 10,695 | 12,030 | 13,858 | 6,591 | 12,396 | 13,296 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | 9,320 | 13,727 | 10,808 | 15,108 | 15,102 | 14,073 | 12,069 | 13,487 | 13,231 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | 3,039 | 4,422 | 4,374 | 5,487 | 1,998 | 7,814 | 6,428 | 12,145 | 11,299 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | 7,339 | 7,821 | 8,430 | 8,172 | 9,243 | 8,703 | 5,037 | 9,262 | 9,648 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | 3,645 | 6,311 | 6,241 | 8,735 | 5,880 | 5,197 | 4,636 | 6,653 | 7,063 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | 1,952 | 3,276 | 4,367 | 3,577 | 3,570 | 2,927 | 2,420 | 3,795 | 5,283 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | 6,378 | 6,029 | 5,082 | 4,292 | 4,640 | 4,104 | 2,390 | 4,154 | 3,244 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | 4,848 | 3,757 | 4,215 | 3,140 | 2,598 | 3,733 | 903.4 | 2,586 | 3,093 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | 616.2 | 808.6 | 728.5 | 1,174 | 2,142 | 3,668 | 2,775 | 4,335 | 2,899 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | 1,994 | 1,145 | 937.2 | 1,831 | 2,797 | 2,559 | 2,062 | 3,254 | 2,691 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A | 928.0 | 760.6 | 704.7 | 820.7 | 821.9 | 1,053 | 1,266 | 2,432 | 2,634 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | 1,100 | 1,596 | 1,886 | 1,331 | 1,990 | 2,291 | 2,123 | 1,208 | 2,454 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | 2,346 | 2,422 | 3,359 | 3,137 | 2,867 | 2,954 | 1,699 | 1,616 | 2,195 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | 1,552 | 1,901 | 2,538 | 2,854 | 2,933 | 3,651 | 1,760 | 1,559 | 2,069 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | 959.3 | 1,667 | 1,755 | 1,717 | 1,885 | 2,103 | 833.9 | 1,136 | 2,002 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | 151.1 | 1,398 | 1,735 | 1,133 | 1,218 | 1,177 | 962.9 | 1,523 | 1,590 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | 1,696 | 2,340 | 1,471 | 3,738 | 1,397 | 841.7 | 1,747 | 1,600 | 1,589 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | 168.6 | 10.6 | 390.9 | 1,660 | 1,745 | 1,278 | 502.1 | 793.8 | 1,438 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | 1,300 | 2,926 | 1,488 | 6,206 | 1,358 | 2,936 | 873.1 | 408.6 | 853.1 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | 426.4 | 575.8 | 420.7 | 1,145 | 1,020 | 1,440 | 276.1 | 487.4 | 656.3 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | 265.3 | 113.2 | 174.9 | 154.1 | 101.3 | 356.2 | 342.8 | 454.5 | 335.1 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | 152.6 | 502.3 | 567.7 | 226.2 | 224.1 | 214.6 | 247.1 | 244.2 | 306.7 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | 420.7 | 471.6 | 545.7 | 484.6 | 448.3 | 388.8 | 154.7 | 265.8 | 208.3 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | 381.0 | 448.0 | 257.5 | 460.6 | 368.6 | 309.0 | 98.6 | 104.4 | 183.8 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | 189.2 | 388.4 | 430.7 | 550.3 | 563.3 | 487.5 | 113.6 | 192.7 | 155.6 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | 28.3 | 34.3 | 12.2 | 44.3 | 249.4 | 49.5 | 60.7 | 110.4 | 94.6 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | 69.3 | 74.1 | 62.1 | 134.6 | 167.4 | 205.0 | 224.4 | 189.2 | 66.1 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | 0.46 | 2.11 | . | 0.84 | . | 1.76 | 0.71 | 0.52 | 23.1 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | . | 309.4 | 964.3 | 2,197 | 1,857 | 979.4 | 1.23 | . | 9.78 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | 29.2 | 0.46 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.99 | 47.6 | 23.2 | . | 9.03 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | 43.9 | 153.5 | 216.0 | 363.9 | 646.3 | 195.8 | 213.6 | 2.77 | 0.16 |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | 2,776 | 15,075 | 12,553 | 16,795 | 12,028 | 12,638 | 0.77 | 830.0 | . |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | . | 0.53 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Stainless Products | |||||||||
| All Stainless Products | 2,010 | 2,022 | 2,852 | 3,049 | 5,005 | 6,034 | 3,621 | 5,188 | 5,427 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | 1,943 | 2,787 | 1,982 | 2,405 | 2,127 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | 83.3 | 113.1 | 466.7 | 886.1 | 716.2 | 1,290 | 570.0 | 1,385 | 1,312 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | 844.9 | 754.7 | 1,452 | 996.0 | 922.0 | 724.0 | 459.0 | 532.3 | 710.9 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | 193.9 | 185.3 | 129.5 | 236.2 | 327.7 | 346.4 | 165.6 | 332.3 | 498.1 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | 303.9 | 451.0 | 305.7 | 363.4 | 475.6 | 184.6 | 68.6 | 85.8 | 253.4 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | 336.2 | 312.0 | 338.7 | 331.9 | 361.4 | 415.3 | 164.8 | 274.2 | 223.6 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | 91.1 | 87.3 | 86.3 | 77.8 | 94.4 | 116.6 | 88.9 | 122.1 | 107.9 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | 43.1 | 14.1 | 0.10 | 11.8 | 24.7 | 3.17 | 13.9 | 2.17 | 89.8 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | 44.0 | 6.83 | 68.7 | 0.91 | 38.2 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | 2.55 | 9.97 | . | . | . | . | 0.26 | . | 21.1 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | 1.39 | 3.58 | 11.7 | 47.2 | 25.8 | 13.5 | 4.57 | 10.2 | 11.8 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | 35.4 | 36.3 | 19.8 | 34.9 | 18.8 | 21.6 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 9.00 |
| Wire Rods -- S | 21.8 | 21.8 | 17.8 | 19.4 | 8.44 | 8.37 | 1.15 | 6.36 | 8.16 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | 19.3 | 15.4 | 6.98 | 21.1 | 12.5 | 33.3 | 5.34 | 7.04 | 6.22 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | 1.32 | 2.66 | 9.44 | 4.72 | 9.97 | 2.52 | 2.13 | 2.56 | 3.31 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | 15.8 | 6.27 | 5.37 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 77.2 | 10.1 | 5.53 | 2.82 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | 15.9 | 8.24 | 1.88 | 4.49 | 9.40 | 2.47 | 1.78 | 1.64 | 1.72 |
| 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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