US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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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 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
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