| 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 2001 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2002 |
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 YTD Jan through Sep 2008 |
Monthly Average Quantity 2009 (through September final) |
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| All Steel Mill Products | ||||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | 155,208 | 123,348 | 77,755 | 106,635 | 104,357 | 158,795 | 127,994 | 133,565 | 135,389 | 93,465 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | ||||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | 152,819 | 121,713 | 75,744 | 104,613 | 101,505 | 155,746 | 122,989 | 127,531 | 129,718 | 90,075 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | 11,400 | 11,204 | 9,320 | 13,727 | 10,808 | 15,108 | 15,102 | 14,073 | 15,390 | 12,285 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | 8,600 | 7,895 | 8,580 | 8,926 | 10,358 | 10,695 | 12,030 | 13,858 | 14,676 | 5,086 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | 10,022 | 20,841 | 10,509 | 10,944 | 14,380 | 17,731 | 13,076 | 13,741 | 12,830 | 11,286 |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | 29,222 | 21,190 | 2,776 | 15,075 | 12,553 | 16,795 | 12,028 | 12,638 | 15,026 | 1.02 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | 12,043 | 3,324 | 2,532 | 4,264 | 42.2 | 30,638 | 16,013 | 11,543 | 12,668 | 19,718 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | 9,584 | 9,493 | 7,339 | 7,821 | 8,430 | 8,172 | 9,243 | 8,703 | 8,699 | 4,543 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | 5,913 | 3,031 | 3,039 | 4,422 | 4,374 | 5,487 | 1,998 | 7,814 | 4,353 | 7,324 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | 19,131 | 6,085 | 3,645 | 6,311 | 6,241 | 8,735 | 5,880 | 5,197 | 5,034 | 4,611 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | 5,225 | 6,439 | 6,378 | 6,029 | 5,082 | 4,292 | 4,640 | 4,104 | 4,457 | 1,974 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | 4,336 | 4,131 | 4,848 | 3,757 | 4,215 | 3,140 | 2,598 | 3,733 | 3,882 | 1,063 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | 1,413 | 930.6 | 616.2 | 808.6 | 728.5 | 1,174 | 2,142 | 3,668 | 3,337 | 3,097 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | 2,428 | 4,232 | 1,552 | 1,901 | 2,538 | 2,854 | 2,933 | 3,651 | 3,507 | 1,949 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | 4,514 | 4,097 | 2,346 | 2,422 | 3,359 | 3,137 | 2,867 | 2,954 | 2,943 | 1,986 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | 1,488 | 1,748 | 1,300 | 2,926 | 1,488 | 6,206 | 1,358 | 2,936 | 3,045 | 1,069 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | 2,517 | 1,551 | 1,952 | 3,276 | 4,367 | 3,577 | 3,570 | 2,927 | 2,646 | 2,262 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | 3,287 | 2,311 | 1,994 | 1,145 | 937.2 | 1,831 | 2,797 | 2,559 | 2,841 | 2,287 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | 2,814 | 2,854 | 1,100 | 1,596 | 1,886 | 1,331 | 1,990 | 2,291 | 2,478 | 2,290 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | 4,466 | 1,085 | 959.3 | 1,667 | 1,755 | 1,717 | 1,885 | 2,103 | 1,965 | 845.3 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | 1,648 | 1,314 | 426.4 | 575.8 | 420.7 | 1,145 | 1,020 | 1,440 | 1,568 | 243.8 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | 1,228 | 1,277 | 168.6 | 10.6 | 390.9 | 1,660 | 1,745 | 1,278 | 1,631 | 406.3 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | 438.9 | 168.5 | 151.1 | 1,398 | 1,735 | 1,133 | 1,218 | 1,177 | 1,302 | 758.9 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A | 140.1 | 232.6 | 928.0 | 760.6 | 704.7 | 820.7 | 821.9 | 1,053 | 929.2 | 1,265 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | . | 3.79 | . | 309.4 | 964.3 | 2,197 | 1,857 | 979.4 | 1,020 | 1.64 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | 7,667 | 4,056 | 1,696 | 2,340 | 1,471 | 3,738 | 1,397 | 841.7 | 990.9 | 2,219 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | 749.2 | 243.5 | 189.2 | 388.4 | 430.7 | 550.3 | 563.3 | 487.5 | 604.0 | 110.2 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | 489.2 | 320.7 | 420.7 | 471.6 | 545.7 | 484.6 | 448.3 | 388.8 | 388.8 | 148.3 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | 275.1 | 216.7 | 265.3 | 113.2 | 174.9 | 154.1 | 101.3 | 356.2 | 466.8 | 422.9 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | 253.5 | 621.3 | 381.0 | 448.0 | 257.5 | 460.6 | 368.6 | 309.0 | 360.5 | 113.0 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | 386.1 | 393.2 | 152.6 | 502.3 | 567.7 | 226.2 | 224.1 | 214.6 | 198.8 | 142.7 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | 92.8 | 96.1 | 69.3 | 74.1 | 62.1 | 134.6 | 167.4 | 205.0 | 219.1 | 192.8 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | 339.8 | 64.8 | 43.9 | 153.5 | 216.0 | 363.9 | 646.3 | 195.8 | 141.0 | 283.8 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | 5.16 | 35.2 | 28.3 | 34.3 | 12.2 | 44.3 | 249.4 | 49.5 | 44.7 | 48.8 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | 72.5 | 11.9 | 29.2 | 0.46 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.99 | 47.6 | 63.5 | 31.0 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | 620.1 | 208.6 | 0.46 | 2.11 | . | 0.84 | . | 1.76 | 2.35 | 0.56 |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | . | . | . | 0.53 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Stainless Products | ||||||||||
| All Stainless Products | 2,388 | 1,634 | 2,010 | 2,022 | 2,852 | 3,049 | 5,005 | 6,034 | 5,670 | 3,389 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,943 | 2,787 | 2,345 | 1,908 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | 32.2 | 91.1 | 83.3 | 113.1 | 466.7 | 886.1 | 716.2 | 1,290 | 1,248 | 390.9 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | 1,089 | 347.3 | 844.9 | 754.7 | 1,452 | 996.0 | 922.0 | 724.0 | 704.5 | 494.5 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | 376.5 | 330.9 | 336.2 | 312.0 | 338.7 | 331.9 | 361.4 | 415.3 | 443.6 | 158.8 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | 230.6 | 306.0 | 193.9 | 185.3 | 129.5 | 236.2 | 327.7 | 346.4 | 369.1 | 155.9 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | 196.7 | 180.1 | 303.9 | 451.0 | 305.7 | 363.4 | 475.6 | 184.6 | 221.7 | 57.3 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | 126.7 | 93.8 | 91.1 | 87.3 | 86.3 | 77.8 | 94.4 | 116.6 | 128.6 | 82.2 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | 6.43 | 10.6 | 15.8 | 6.27 | 5.37 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 77.2 | 102.9 | 11.7 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | 27.1 | 31.1 | 19.3 | 15.4 | 6.98 | 21.1 | 12.5 | 33.3 | 39.9 | 7.13 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | 23.6 | 25.5 | 35.4 | 36.3 | 19.8 | 34.9 | 18.8 | 21.6 | 25.4 | 12.7 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | 4.40 | 7.27 | 1.39 | 3.58 | 11.7 | 47.2 | 25.8 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 4.17 |
| Wire Rods -- S | 74.0 | 60.6 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 17.8 | 19.4 | 8.44 | 8.37 | 7.28 | 1.15 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | . | . | . | . | 44.0 | 6.83 | 7.46 | 87.7 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | 99.5 | 101.1 | 43.1 | 14.1 | 0.10 | 11.8 | 24.7 | 3.17 | 4.23 | 13.2 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | 95.4 | 39.7 | 1.32 | 2.66 | 9.44 | 4.72 | 9.97 | 2.52 | 1.58 | 1.47 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | 5.56 | 7.58 | 15.9 | 8.24 | 1.88 | 4.49 | 9.40 | 2.47 | 3.16 | 2.01 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | 0.01 | 1.40 | 2.55 | 9.97 | . | . | . | . | . | 0.35 |
| SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration |
| Table last modified on: November 17, 2009 , with |
| Final Census data compiled through September 2009 |
| Data listed in order of descending volume exported during the year - 2008 |
| 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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