US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

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All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 1,252,290 1,905,551 1,535,939 1,602,788 1,108,633 1,344,720 1,824,282 2,363,173 621,019 550,754
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 1,218,061 1,868,959 1,475,869 1,530,374 1,065,180 1,282,459 1,759,155 2,301,056 606,475 537,504
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 506.8 367,659 192,161 138,526 218,831 142,534 483,544 611,206 180,696 143,647
Line Pipe -- C & A 172,567 212,775 156,923 164,902 140,214 93,089 188,059 272,803 40,573 27,534
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 52,415 42,931 42,843 35,134 29,046 45,545 63,405 218,649 69,068 69,208
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 52,498 65,852 23,985 93,778 77,138 145,743 135,594 210,856 42,099 36,511
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 124,307 128,349 144,361 166,300 79,095 148,754 159,562 210,516 49,466 52,250
Rails Standard -- C & A 129,707 181,303 181,228 168,885 144,833 161,852 158,777 171,179 69,841 63,351
Wire Rods -- C & A 101,170 98,071 110,916 104,438 60,452 111,154 115,779 112,842 31,304 25,816
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 74,898 104,825 70,560 62,368 55,636 79,840 84,757 101,035 22,201 34,359
Wire Drawn -- C & A 60,987 51,505 55,688 49,248 28,688 49,851 38,930 57,524 13,372 11,939
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 30,466 34,258 35,202 43,822 21,130 18,719 24,831 54,842 5,905 8,902
Tool Steel -- C & A 50,581 37,683 31,185 44,801 10,841 31,038 37,125 30,367 7,266 7,977
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 11,247 21,979 33,571 30,719 24,747 39,052 32,300 28,274 10,795 7,309
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 8,742 14,096 25,706 44,023 33,308 52,031 34,794 26,729 7,444 6,012
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 4,691 19,924 20,946 15,341 6,025 9,526 17,259 26,069 6,245 3,474
Black Plate -- C & A 17,652 44,860 16,771 10,101 20,966 19,210 19,073 25,853 7,386 7,008
Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 8,457 9,849 9,862 12,643 15,197 29,195 31,613 24,098 7,314 8,587
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 40,311 37,649 34,407 35,451 20,399 19,401 26,345 23,330 5,907 4,527
Tin Free Steel -- C & A 21,064 20,610 22,624 25,246 10,007 13,636 24,030 20,037 7,603 5,226
Plates in Coils -- C & A 20,820 13,602 14,616 14,133 11,555 18,287 19,085 19,651 5,018 1,715
Standard Pipe -- C & A 22,634 15,982 23,891 27,496 25,487 14,502 29,458 17,996 7,291 3,398
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 17,862 74,475 16,296 35,233 10,477 4,903 10,237 13,597 2,640 4,961
Rails All Other -- C & A 2,098 1,849 1,216 4,275 4,113 5,454 4,021 6,209 1,721 875.0
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 5,048 13,740 12,240 17,283 3,313 5,849 7,875 5,343 1,953 1,115
Tin Plate -- C & A 6,813 2,715 2,689 2,575 2,966 2,931 3,681 2,828 605.9 145.1
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 6,548 5,815 5,379 4,665 1,857 3,189 2,499 2,658 944.5 478.2
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 3,090 5,528 4,423 3,709 1,183 1,252 2,206 2,208 711.3 542.7
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 5,169 6,604 6,760 5,850 1,363 2,313 1,868 1,794 487.9 223.8
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 147.4 532.4 2,992 594.1 729.1 1,325 1,136 1,306 210.5 282.5
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 746.3 1,615 2,009 2,460 2,692 2,270 793.8 545.0 179.6 84.6
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . 10.0 . 21.1 8.58 6.30 278.0 365.5 . .
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 11,572 26,375 22,289 11,753 14.8 . 117.4 207.3 89.8 35.6
Steel Piling -- C & A 4.32 6.50 11.9 571.9 279.0 . 108.3 105.0 105.0 .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 150,637 201,551 144,342 151,664 9.25 9,960 . 20.7 20.7 .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A 2,592 4,367 7,756 2,350 2,563 33.3 2.00 . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 34,229 36,592 60,069 72,414 43,453 62,261 65,126 62,117 14,544 13,250
Oil Country Goods -- S . . 23,317 33,447 23,784 28,864 25,532 23,832 4,667 4,031
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 5,601 10,634 8,595 15,490 6,840 16,625 15,755 14,925 3,581 5,136
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 17,425 11,953 11,064 8,689 5,509 6,388 8,531 9,770 2,680 1,268
Plates Cut Lengths -- S 1,555 2,834 3,933 4,157 1,987 3,988 5,978 6,663 1,722 1,544
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 3,668 4,361 5,707 2,215 823.9 1,029 3,041 1,810 566.9 264.7
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 4,064 3,982 4,337 4,983 1,978 3,290 2,683 1,695 412.7 458.7
Wire Drawn -- S 1,036 933.6 1,133 1,399 1,067 1,465 1,295 1,425 365.5 340.6
Plates in Coils -- S 1.24 142.5 296.5 38.1 167.9 26.0 1,078 1,156 186.8 28.0
Line Pipe -- S . . 528.4 82.0 824.8 11.0 459.1 399.0 250.3 108.0
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 237.8 419.8 226.2 259.3 164.4 171.1 108.0 97.4 19.4 28.2
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 140.9 566.6 310.4 162.6 54.8 123.3 142.2 88.0 18.3 14.0
Bars-Light Shaped -- S 64.4 165.2 134.0 927.2 121.8 66.3 33.8 87.9 8.33 .
Wire Rods -- S 214.5 232.8 101.3 100.4 13.8 76.3 97.9 68.0 29.7 9.71
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 83.7 254.0 150.8 400.1 64.1 84.5 74.6 31.3 23.9 .
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 113.2 56.7 119.6 30.3 25.6 30.7 39.8 29.3 . 2.35
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . 3.18 . 254.1 27.9 . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 22.6 53.8 112.8 29.6 21.3 19.7 20.7 9.56 9.56 13.7

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 2, 2013 , with
Final Census data compiled through March 2013
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during the year - 2012
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
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