| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FROM CHINA | |||
| Entered Customs Value in Thousands of US Dollars | |||
| Same Table - Annual Total Metric Tons |
Same Table - Average Unit Value |
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| Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons |
Same Table - Monthly Average US Dollars |
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| 'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products | |||
| Product | Census Data | |||||||||
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| Annual Total Value 2005 |
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Annual Total Value 2009 |
Annual Total Value 2010 |
Annual Total Value 2011 |
Annual Total Value 2012 |
Total Value YTD Jan through Apr 2012 |
Annual Total Value 2013 (through April final) |
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| All Steel Mill Products | ||||||||||
| All Steel Mill Products | $1,675,781 | $3,586,679 | $3,944,961 | $5,964,470 | $1,991,617 | $1,089,069 | $1,740,918 | $1,920,361 | $557,777 | $537,963 |
| Carbon and Alloy Products | ||||||||||
| All Carbon and Alloy Products | $1,405,316 | $3,112,176 | $3,001,772 | $5,097,073 | $1,781,732 | $724,450 | $1,202,292 | $1,445,993 | $433,153 | $417,208 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A | $43,444 | $217,920 | $116,424 | $164,796 | $30,084 | $43,202 | $129,368 | $169,643 | $44,163 | $51,149 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A | $21,028 | $38,752 | $87,914 | $361,883 | $34,516 | $29,076 | $130,438 | $209,912 | $47,546 | $79,558 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A | $94,702 | $456,576 | $256,604 | $409,130 | $62,966 | $117,406 | $165,941 | $189,035 | $60,343 | $69,312 |
| Wire Drawn -- C & A | $90,987 | $133,337 | $139,203 | $167,470 | $95,119 | $123,167 | $136,362 | $136,766 | $41,775 | $43,624 |
| Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A | $2,643 | $35,731 | $55,570 | $81,613 | $14,753 | $44,760 | $79,923 | $108,929 | $43,233 | $19,246 |
| Mechanical Tubing -- C & A | $64,308 | $123,749 | $133,797 | $122,338 | $68,415 | $65,708 | $108,018 | $122,317 | $38,979 | $23,460 |
| Wire Rods -- C & A | $272,383 | $513,173 | $243,339 | $140,025 | $7,166 | $6,927 | $340.9 | $39,754 | $15,914 | $6,502 |
| Line Pipe -- C & A | $61,536 | $256,500 | $312,792 | $497,801 | $123,196 | $34,418 | $59,324 | $64,999 | $18,194 | $14,132 |
| Tool Steel -- C & A | $55,145 | $48,330 | $46,536 | $77,025 | $26,467 | $49,218 | $77,156 | $106,140 | $37,639 | $20,610 |
| Tin Free Steel -- C & A | . | . | . | $26.55 | $19,329 | $26,333 | $39,060 | $35,720 | $13,771 | $16,972 |
| Rails All Other -- C & A | $836.2 | $8,267 | $41,378 | $37,418 | $10,661 | $8,974 | $21,096 | $25,854 | $2,811 | $11,505 |
| Tin Plate -- C & A | $6,721 | $18,129 | $19,400 | $13,486 | $26,704 | $24,657 | $16,730 | $22,320 | $6,227 | $9,100 |
| Oil Country Goods -- C & A | $392,502 | $723,670 | $854,551 | $2,745,469 | $1,138,934 | $53,480 | $25,531 | $33,316 | $6,680 | $2,647 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A | $17,872 | $60,057 | $96,213 | $19,560 | $10,689 | $16,634 | $31,126 | $34,326 | $11,290 | $5,100 |
| Standard Pipe -- C & A | $220,454 | $354,314 | $418,778 | $113,773 | $46,282 | $13,357 | $36,209 | $24,732 | $8,730 | $7,342 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A | $185.1 | $2,389 | $557.0 | $1,118 | $214.9 | $1,803 | $20,396 | $15,237 | $3,614 | $3,494 |
| Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A | $409.6 | $2,737 | $5,139 | $8,677 | $3,731 | $7,405 | $19,106 | $15,863 | $5,881 | $4,636 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A | $2,931 | $16,603 | $19,942 | $21,477 | $10,346 | $7,917 | $17,869 | $17,620 | $8,109 | $3,420 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A | $13,242 | $21,995 | $23,222 | $45,763 | $3,156 | $8,071 | $16,855 | $13,737 | $2,632 | $5,396 |
| Pipe For Piling -- C & A | $1,286 | $3,633 | $10,445 | $7,359 | $10,787 | $4,970 | $8,027 | $10,783 | $307.9 | $343.4 |
| Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A | $403.5 | $3,867 | $3,209 | $6,040 | $6,265 | $7,527 | $8,808 | $7,326 | $1,743 | $8,781 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A | $32,433 | $16,661 | $7,865 | $4,946 | $4,121 | $3,679 | $10,843 | $9,765 | $2,626 | $2,101 |
| Pressure Tubing -- C & A | $2,684 | $15,394 | $13,360 | $30,317 | $16,858 | $9,020 | $14,240 | $8,430 | $3,758 | $1,591 |
| Rails Standard -- C & A | $32.79 | $9,579 | $7,043 | $320.1 | $361.3 | $2,949 | $5,919 | $3,696 | $362.1 | $511.8 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A | $1,667 | $7,574 | $6,232 | $3,409 | $3,621 | $3,548 | $6,864 | $7,922 | $3,464 | $469.2 |
| Black Plate -- C & A | $1,235 | $3,626 | $2,177 | $2,980 | $1,761 | $3,266 | $4,698 | $2,693 | $683.2 | $790.8 |
| Railroad Accessories -- C & A | $456.7 | $527.0 | $663.0 | $3,058 | $1,558 | $773.7 | $1,420 | $2,385 | $417.5 | $1,596 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A | $600.7 | $8,722 | $62,545 | $2,431 | $1,509 | $2,268 | $2,521 | $1,494 | $299.3 | $931.9 |
| Plates in Coils -- C & A | $31.96 | $564.5 | $102.0 | $2,361 | . | $545.8 | $2,715 | $1,062 | $152.7 | $1,440 |
| Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A | $695.2 | $3,061 | $7,323 | $2,964 | $1,375 | $1,632 | $3,571 | $2,285 | $1,354 | $815.8 |
| Steel Piling -- C & A | $57.45 | $77.01 | $30.21 | $34.36 | $58.72 | $719.3 | $555.8 | $609.9 | $68.49 | $121.3 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A | $2,336 | $5,251 | $6,930 | $1,589 | $125.4 | $440.3 | $86.72 | $588.8 | $141.7 | $248.3 |
| Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A | $55.99 | $480.4 | $1,665 | $222.2 | $112.7 | $112.4 | $226.9 | $277.5 | $56.29 | $61.01 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A | $10.40 | $164.6 | $593.0 | $195.4 | $358.5 | $290.7 | $241.3 | $85.95 | $33.49 | $81.88 |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A | $2.340 | $763.1 | $234.3 | . | $131.3 | $195.8 | $704.1 | $367.6 | $153.9 | $118.5 |
| Stainless Products | ||||||||||
| All Stainless Products | $270,465 | $474,503 | $943,189 | $867,397 | $209,885 | $364,619 | $538,627 | $474,368 | $124,624 | $120,755 |
| Sheets Cold Rolled -- S | $120,737 | $271,255 | $432,072 | $479,648 | $46,632 | $211,527 | $275,474 | $191,768 | $40,866 | $47,129 |
| Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S | $89,917 | $150,642 | $301,655 | $177,963 | $83,105 | $73,769 | $127,355 | $145,160 | $44,356 | $38,195 |
| Plates in Coils -- S | $821.0 | $6,588 | $17,354 | $23,407 | $2,196 | $4,174 | $20,547 | $38,061 | $13,393 | $6,900 |
| Plates Cut Lengths -- S | $499.6 | $3,109 | $82,735 | $48,089 | $21,308 | $10,497 | $31,521 | $22,409 | $6,343 | $6,102 |
| Wire Drawn -- S | $21,391 | $22,724 | $28,636 | $22,440 | $9,325 | $23,992 | $30,064 | $25,382 | $8,724 | $7,330 |
| Wire Rods -- S | $8,300 | $8,604 | $8,509 | $9,709 | $1,510 | $3,483 | $6,901 | $6,334 | $1,437 | $2,385 |
| Line Pipe -- S | . | . | $8,737 | $3,223 | $6,319 | $739.1 | $18,933 | $17,237 | $2,668 | $6,001 |
| Strip-Cold Rolled -- S | $1,708 | $2,674 | $2,863 | $6,524 | $1,687 | $9,664 | $5,295 | $5,285 | $1,441 | $1,529 |
| Bars-Cold Finished -- S | $23,035 | $5,879 | $8,396 | $7,363 | $2,858 | $5,135 | $10,354 | $10,091 | $2,945 | $2,248 |
| Bars-Hot rolled -- S | $1,565 | $1,127 | $1,146 | $2,428 | $465.2 | $680.5 | $3,692 | $3,307 | $744.2 | $1,015 |
| Oil Country Goods -- S | . | . | $42,907 | $70,999 | $32,275 | $2,052 | $3,089 | $3,754 | $843.7 | $165.5 |
| Sheets Hot Rolled -- S | $798.6 | $1,137 | $6,806 | $13,199 | $736.7 | $17,472 | $2,094 | $841.7 | $133.3 | $2.362 |
| Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S | $1,042 | $411.5 | $915.4 | $1,775 | $1,307 | $418.2 | $1,017 | $1,217 | $421.1 | $552.6 |
| Structural Pipe & Tube -- S | . | . | . | . | . | $31.40 | $191.9 | $1,586 | . | $1,107 |
| Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S | $49.74 | $7.486 | . | . | $50.37 | $5.139 | $124.9 | $1,292 | $36.17 | . |
| Strip-Hot Rolled -- S | $104.8 | $129.5 | $341.4 | $357.2 | $92.45 | $39.63 | $257.8 | $568.3 | $259.8 | $52.26 |
| Bars-Light Shaped -- S | $497.4 | $217.2 | $104.4 | $272.5 | $13.66 | $2.612 | $250.0 | $47.50 | $11.07 | $41.19 |
| Structural Shapes Heavy -- S | . | . | $12.20 | . | $5.442 | $938.4 | $1,465 | $27.66 | $2.324 | . |
| SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration |
| Table last modified on: June 4, 2013 , with |
| Final Census data compiled through April 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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