US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA
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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 582,898 1,676,120 2,153,803 4,889,683 4,184,720 4,376,533 1,329,964 780,995 1,124,355
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 562,486 1,599,916 2,063,635 4,732,769 3,979,117 4,170,822 1,269,345 672,217 990,633
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 26.0 160,237 134,827 676,508 340,017 425,705 76,317 142,274 174,139
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 579.4 96,075 74,119 392,195 203,370 180,879 38,389 58,464 159,364
Wire Drawn -- C & A 56,290 91,434 124,589 180,431 160,954 130,273 86,996 107,418 103,097
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 696.5 2,512 23,685 52,524 96,737 338,561 24,047 21,544 90,473
Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 3.97 7.23 3,702 44,473 64,130 70,369 16,183 47,696 77,592
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 7,857 21,666 72,699 156,472 156,273 80,164 42,575 43,009 62,072
Line Pipe -- C & A 44,384 54,698 80,300 373,192 441,590 487,177 108,533 40,454 53,392
Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . 37.7 17,834 27,747 38,338
Rails All Other -- C & A 69.4 645.6 945.4 13,514 69,247 49,054 13,289 11,964 26,661
Tool Steel -- C & A 2,858 7,707 17,459 13,062 10,005 17,516 6,760 17,066 22,138
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 4.76 53.3 318.8 3,931 493.9 921.9 195.3 2,046 20,081
Standard Pipe -- C & A 87,051 248,943 344,129 612,332 655,358 81,903 34,879 10,760 18,025
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 706.9 5,235 25,915 98,739 159,474 10,991 5,907 11,047 17,014
Tin Plate -- C & A 31.6 3,759 8,063 26,296 26,849 15,834 25,625 26,057 16,507
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 109,922 159,247 422,179 686,310 812,125 2,031,554 718,702 38,228 16,369
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A . 24.5 427.0 881.9 1,875 6,438 3,539 7,517 14,932
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 227.1 2,094 4,029 17,138 14,774 13,582 7,375 5,868 11,867
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 5,497 2,964 20,711 33,900 27,496 37,423 1,921 7,530 11,822
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 857.3 928.8 3,604 15,333 10,069 18,290 8,140 6,447 8,864
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . 82.7 1,459 6,015 15,626 7,748 8,101 4,040 8,539
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 95.1 . 508.0 5,154 3,695 4,575 5,588 7,034 8,470
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 74.1 31,554 67,894 34,334 14,484 2,958 2,306 2,226 6,783
Rails Standard -- C & A 16.2 34.1 47.8 15,793 12,177 309.2 412.1 3,938 6,536
Black Plate -- C & A 16.0 . 1,938 6,008 3,475 3,420 2,794 4,265 5,640
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 110.4 714.5 2,079 10,981 7,390 2,157 1,816 1,699 3,344
Plates in Coils -- C & A . 5,775 60.1 841.6 117.2 1,901 . 655.4 2,726
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 21.9 88.8 560.9 2,421 7,089 1,046 414.9 642.1 1,572
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 205.4 1,910 1,113 14,136 112,722 1,666 1,229 1,799 1,457
Railroad Accessories -- C & A 36.6 402.2 572.3 606.3 725.4 2,353 1,171 696.0 1,297
Steel Piling -- C & A 6.09 63.1 54.0 70.5 22.8 16.0 60.4 976.0 695.4
Wire Rods -- C & A 244,332 699,166 621,185 1,226,960 533,524 144,264 7,627 10,384 229.5
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 34.8 44.7 13.6 182.5 270.3 53.9 245.0 260.3 216.3
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 19.2 152.8 99.6 616.3 3,045 193.9 116.3 81.5 187.7
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 20.6 28.1 0.50 1,366 452.3 . 138.8 36.3 130.9
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 430.8 1,659 4,340 10,036 13,452 1,473 108.5 335.6 48.1
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 20,411 76,203 90,168 156,913 205,603 205,711 60,619 108,777 133,721
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 7,087 49,134 51,083 103,933 98,922 121,780 18,322 70,151 81,341
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 7,141 15,558 21,816 36,024 49,191 24,250 12,127 12,927 18,810
Plates Cut Lengths -- S 0.97 98.5 176.1 809.6 16,755 10,280 7,498 3,349 8,156
Wire Drawn -- S 2,663 3,737 6,137 6,213 6,235 4,811 2,991 6,990 7,363
Plates in Coils -- S . 33.1 315.2 1,717 4,081 5,827 885.8 1,426 5,575
Line Pipe -- S . . . . 8,375 838.7 931.8 123.8 3,163
Wire Rods -- S 1,946 4,046 4,403 4,640 3,552 3,978 816.8 1,659 2,849
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 635.9 1,720 4,270 1,575 1,528 1,202 673.6 1,273 1,995
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 689.5 533.3 604.1 1,003 555.5 1,731 605.3 4,828 1,937
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 66.0 219.7 547.4 376.8 318.9 456.6 96.1 159.7 825.6
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . 477.7 311.6 424.0 1,520 3,399 330.8 5,216 716.4
Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . 14,391 26,895 15,193 506.0 462.0
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . 36.6 . . 1.85 . 0.81 100.0 213.8
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 15.1 357.2 315.5 47.7 71.3 134.4 99.2 50.7 145.6
Bars-Light Shaped -- S 142.0 158.2 144.2 81.2 23.7 58.4 1.67 0.46 62.2
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 7.92 72.1 35.9 62.8 76.9 65.4 33.8 6.40 49.1
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 14.2 19.0 7.38 2.47 . . 10.2 1.24 35.0
Structural Pipe & Tube -- S . . . . . . . 5.42 17.5

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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