US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars
Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons

Same Table - Average Unit Value

Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons

Same Table - Annual Total US Dollars

'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Product Census Data
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2011
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YTD Jan
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Mar 2011
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2012
(through
March
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $19,974 $18,483 $28,614 $13,622 $9,041 $2,483 $8,955 $11,888 $12,738 $7,083
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $16,230 $15,717 $20,993 $7,584 $5,482 $1,655 $6,793 $8,504 $10,504 $5,841
Line Pipe -- C & A $73.21 $1,437 $1,239 $597.2 $1,476 $111.6 $1,539 $3,295 $1,480 $1,590
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $4,340 $3,590 $6,021 $2,663 $55.71 $111.7 $1,079 $2,248 $2,636 $1,108
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $736.9 $1,789 $2,815 $2,254 $1,010 $602.9 $421.0 $1,203 $2,234 $2,727
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $17.88 $347.7 $937.5 $22.82 $75.66 $247.6 $533.0 $711.9 $1,771 .
Wire Rods -- C & A $1,220 $2,198 $2,416 $319.8 . . $1,240 $520.9 $2,084 .
Standard Pipe -- C & A $1,005 $1,094 $1,243 $20.14 $562.5 $77.18 $231.0 $183.1 $95.52 $370.6
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $699.6 $1,050 $1,569 $440.0 $1,337 $114.4 $1,483 $85.27 . .
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $417.8 $1.383 $159.9 . . . . $45.36 . .
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $98.91 $96.62 $197.1 $129.7 $123.9 $11.70 $74.18 $46.54 . $44.29
Wire Drawn -- C & A $1,368 $1,218 $894.8 $550.0 $599.0 $208.9 $12.89 $36.35 $54.36 .
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $1,023 $1,187 $1,038 $195.0 $192.8 $135.6 $159.6 $61.58 $123.0 .
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $15.42 $17.73 $25.87 $37.83 $49.19 $33.00 $15.23 $32.91 $22.93 .
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $2,267 $1,201 $2,039 $170.5 . . . $14.46 . .
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $217.1 $28.27 $90.50 $0.537 . . $2.435 $12.73 . .
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A . $0.342 $1.470 . . . $3.431 $7.392 $3.947 $1.705
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . $2.929 . . . . . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $2,688 $355.9 $38.98 . . . . . . .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $30.92 . . . . . . . . .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . $72.79 $92.62 $145.9 . . . . . .
Plates in Coils -- C & A . $3.434 $172.0 $11.04 . . . . . .
Pressure Tubing -- C & A $1.796 . . . . . . . . .
Railroad Accessories -- C & A $0.181 . . . . . . . . .
Steel Piling -- C & A $7.931 $2.215 . . . . . . . .
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A . $5.672 . . . . . . . .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . . . $24.44 . . . . . .
Tool Steel -- C & A $2.208 $16.51 $3.112 $2.433 . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $3,744 $2,766 $7,621 $6,039 $3,559 $827.8 $2,163 $3,383 $2,235 $1,242
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $439.7 $405.4 $1,430 $2,090 $1,111 $356.5 $681.7 $1,573 $639.3 $586.7
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $1,858 $431.9 $1,347 $942.7 $1,107 $114.1 $614.5 $1,030 $739.0 $98.90
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $1,079 $1,763 $4,628 $2,607 $1,204 $339.3 $728.6 $730.0 $733.0 $526.9
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $32.53 . $0.390 . $2.036 $1.011 $17.18 $32.71 $60.04 $29.58
Plates in Coils -- S $1.917 $73.80 $206.5 $398.6 $135.0 $11.59 $116.7 $15.82 $63.29 .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . . . . . . . $1.655 . .
Bars-Cold Finished -- S . . $1.142 . . . . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . . . . $5.382 . . . .
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $333.2 $91.53 $7.954 . . . . . . .
Wire Drawn -- S . . . . . . $4.042 . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 10, 2012 , with
Final Census data compiled through March 2012
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during the year - 2011
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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