US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Product Census Data
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2012
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YTD Jan
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2013
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All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $115,936 $157,046 $143,827 $177,342 $131,617 $154,565 $212,154 $256,667 $260,926 $201,722
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $101,317 $143,381 $116,846 $147,244 $109,778 $128,972 $180,393 $226,108 $231,881 $180,694
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $35.90 $12,785 $7,699 $7,571 $6,744 $7,328 $27,679 $29,568 $36,375 $22,543
Line Pipe -- C & A $14,521 $18,683 $15,386 $17,505 $18,084 $8,963 $19,504 $31,834 $21,530 $12,415
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $3,207 $2,733 $2,691 $2,589 $2,512 $3,810 $5,753 $14,268 $18,309 $15,712
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $14,577 $24,497 $8,467 $16,387 $16,119 $22,744 $26,343 $39,779 $32,356 $22,329
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $8,759 $10,264 $10,688 $14,154 $7,507 $13,075 $16,019 $21,246 $20,401 $19,107
Rails Standard -- C & A $7,574 $10,491 $10,751 $11,828 $11,167 $11,625 $13,299 $14,773 $24,517 $20,471
Wire Rods -- C & A $6,302 $6,300 $6,498 $6,856 $4,152 $7,610 $9,444 $8,665 $10,006 $6,898
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $4,999 $6,524 $5,235 $5,592 $5,450 $6,877 $8,174 $9,980 $9,640 $12,485
Wire Drawn -- C & A $6,075 $5,827 $6,142 $6,377 $4,554 $7,342 $6,891 $10,046 $9,199 $8,350
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $2,756 $3,134 $3,737 $5,138 $3,503 $2,610 $3,081 $4,884 $2,817 $3,214
Tool Steel -- C & A $4,879 $4,496 $3,570 $5,515 $1,914 $3,805 $5,499 $5,073 $5,241 $4,676
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $837.7 $1,825 $2,937 $3,310 $3,520 $7,986 $5,896 $5,023 $6,640 $5,310
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $680.4 $1,468 $2,323 $4,386 $3,327 $4,461 $3,184 $2,139 $2,528 $1,832
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $245.2 $1,032 $1,295 $1,305 $425.2 $664.5 $1,470 $2,173 $2,151 $1,157
Black Plate -- C & A $1,608 $2,867 $1,147 $697.7 $1,620 $1,359 $1,455 $1,832 $2,133 $1,915
Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A $1,051 $1,188 $1,572 $1,916 $2,287 $3,471 $4,675 $4,058 $4,839 $5,163
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $7,489 $7,576 $7,443 $8,801 $6,623 $5,209 $7,338 $7,891 $7,511 $6,284
Tin Free Steel -- C & A $1,514 $1,501 $1,672 $2,191 $1,031 $1,293 $2,742 $2,236 $3,865 $2,427
Plates in Coils -- C & A $1,240 $848.4 $910.4 $1,030 $974.1 $1,477 $1,831 $1,804 $2,065 $625.4
Standard Pipe -- C & A $2,426 $1,475 $2,595 $3,299 $3,251 $1,949 $4,157 $3,194 $4,272 $2,038
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $1,337 $4,771 $1,282 $3,208 $995.4 $548.0 $1,108 $1,403 $1,253 $2,308
Rails All Other -- C & A $158.0 $151.1 $100.9 $319.3 $444.8 $445.1 $340.8 $553.8 $626.2 $320.3
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $481.9 $1,203 $1,063 $1,837 $523.6 $671.3 $851.9 $437.4 $620.9 $329.9
Tin Plate -- C & A $513.6 $220.4 $222.8 $239.5 $273.9 $256.3 $380.8 $284.8 $242.2 $55.53
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $931.9 $743.3 $652.0 $727.5 $505.3 $927.6 $1,106 $887.0 $696.9 $733.2
Pressure Tubing -- C & A $538.3 $1,053 $1,820 $1,451 $436.7 $294.7 $437.4 $559.1 $640.0 $740.3
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $599.0 $728.8 $707.6 $648.1 $323.1 $458.2 $424.1 $384.5 $451.8 $186.7
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $9.250 $26.64 $103.2 $59.10 $178.8 $473.9 $861.8 $800.2 $484.3 $838.1
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $231.3 $500.4 $553.4 $750.6 $998.0 $735.9 $391.0 $248.7 $305.3 $217.4
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . $0.435 . $0.913 $0.513 $0.576 $21.65 $31.35 . .
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $421.1 $1,078 $938.3 $635.4 $1.610 . $8.811 $19.24 $34.48 $12.40
Steel Piling -- C & A $0.261 $0.393 $0.724 $44.79 $26.03 . $28.52 $31.17 $124.7 .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $5,144 $7,095 $6,048 $10,634 $0.624 $498.0 . $1.398 $5.590 .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A $176.4 $293.6 $591.7 $241.6 $307.7 $3.017 $0.227 . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $14,619 $13,665 $26,981 $30,099 $21,839 $25,593 $31,761 $30,559 $29,045 $21,028
Oil Country Goods -- S . . $9,725 $12,227 $11,860 $12,861 $13,942 $12,542 $9,583 $7,323
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $649.9 $1,220 $1,086 $2,001 $993.4 $2,414 $2,408 $2,514 $2,343 $3,313
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $8,602 $6,522 $8,246 $7,431 $4,736 $4,536 $7,020 $8,242 $9,118 $4,198
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $479.0 $819.9 $1,966 $2,027 $629.0 $1,247 $2,474 $2,414 $2,797 $1,944
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $879.9 $921.2 $1,381 $953.1 $353.4 $336.1 $1,060 $690.9 $851.1 $424.6
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $2,960 $2,799 $3,115 $3,432 $1,783 $2,667 $2,548 $1,796 $1,617 $1,976
Wire Drawn -- S $665.1 $675.4 $796.1 $1,253 $915.7 $1,276 $1,384 $1,411 $1,344 $1,290
Plates in Coils -- S $0.484 $79.89 $176.1 $21.15 $63.14 $8.283 $366.5 $365.4 $283.4 $121.7
Line Pipe -- S . . $53.40 $34.80 $284.5 $14.02 $265.0 $366.7 $851.0 $300.6
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $90.55 $210.7 $130.4 $137.9 $108.0 $121.4 $93.86 $88.67 $114.7 $77.15
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $36.31 $115.4 $57.14 $31.11 $12.09 $26.47 $42.85 $29.72 $24.57 $19.54
Bars-Light Shaped -- S $27.59 $70.56 $66.20 $348.7 $56.34 $23.79 $20.04 $36.97 $16.91 .
Wire Rods -- S $46.75 $53.86 $20.66 $22.55 $3.507 $21.45 $33.36 $22.67 $39.99 $14.25
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $31.88 $102.6 $78.21 $160.8 $25.55 $24.57 $34.45 $14.49 $44.71 .
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $132.8 $25.80 $53.02 $12.17 $5.129 $7.640 $30.46 $9.308 . $2.493
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . $1.100 . $29.51 $9.645 . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $17.19 $47.81 $30.24 $6.502 $8.520 $8.970 $8.854 $4.384 $17.54 $23.18

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
Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data
 
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