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

Same Table - Average Unit Value

Same Table - Monthly Average Metric Tons

Same Table - Monthly Average US Dollars

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

Product Census Data
  Annual
Total
Value
2004
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Total
Value
2005
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Total
Value
2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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Value
YTD Jan
through
Mar 2011
Annual
Total
Value
2012
(through
March
final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $239,692 $221,794 $343,370 $163,467 $108,489 $29,790 $107,464 $142,652 $38,214 $21,250
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $194,764 $188,603 $251,916 $91,004 $65,782 $19,857 $81,512 $102,053 $31,511 $17,524
Line Pipe -- C & A $878.5 $17,249 $14,865 $7,166 $17,713 $1,339 $18,466 $39,540 $4,439 $4,770
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $52,077 $43,080 $72,253 $31,952 $668.5 $1,340 $12,946 $26,976 $7,908 $3,324
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $8,843 $21,472 $33,780 $27,044 $12,121 $7,235 $5,052 $14,435 $6,702 $8,180
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $214.6 $4,173 $11,249 $273.8 $907.9 $2,972 $6,396 $8,543 $5,312 .
Wire Rods -- C & A $14,637 $26,380 $28,992 $3,838 . . $14,876 $6,251 $6,251 .
Standard Pipe -- C & A $12,062 $13,123 $14,913 $241.7 $6,750 $926.1 $2,772 $2,197 $286.5 $1,112
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $8,396 $12,598 $18,823 $5,280 $16,044 $1,373 $17,791 $1,023 . .
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $5,014 $16.59 $1,919 . . . . $544.3 . .
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,187 $1,159 $2,365 $1,556 $1,487 $140.4 $890.2 $558.5 . $132.9
Wire Drawn -- C & A $16,416 $14,617 $10,738 $6,600 $7,188 $2,507 $154.7 $436.2 $163.1 .
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $12,276 $14,247 $12,457 $2,340 $2,314 $1,628 $1,915 $738.9 $368.9 .
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $185.0 $212.8 $310.5 $454.0 $590.3 $396.0 $182.8 $394.9 $68.80 .
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $27,201 $14,418 $24,469 $2,047 . . . $173.5 . .
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $2,605 $339.3 $1,086 $6.441 . . $29.23 $152.8 . .
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A . $4.100 $17.64 . . . $41.17 $88.70 $11.84 $5.114
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . $35.15 . . . . . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $32,256 $4,271 $467.7 . . . . . . .
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $371.1 . . . . . . . . .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . $873.4 $1,111 $1,751 . . . . . .
Plates in Coils -- C & A . $41.21 $2,063 $132.4 . . . . . .
Pressure Tubing -- C & A $21.55 . . . . . . . . .
Railroad Accessories -- C & A $2.169 . . . . . . . . .
Steel Piling -- C & A $95.17 $26.58 . . . . . . . .
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A . $68.06 . . . . . . . .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . . . $293.3 . . . . . .
Tool Steel -- C & A $26.50 $198.2 $37.34 $29.19 . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $44,928 $33,191 $91,454 $72,462 $42,706 $9,934 $25,952 $40,599 $6,704 $3,726
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $5,276 $4,865 $17,165 $25,082 $13,331 $4,278 $8,180 $18,878 $1,918 $1,760
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $22,293 $5,182 $16,161 $11,312 $13,286 $1,369 $7,374 $12,358 $2,217 $296.7
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $12,947 $21,160 $55,537 $31,285 $14,445 $4,071 $8,743 $8,760 $2,199 $1,581
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $390.3 . $4.683 . $24.43 $12.13 $206.2 $392.5 $180.1 $88.73
Plates in Coils -- S $23.00 $885.6 $2,478 $4,783 $1,620 $139.0 $1,400 $189.9 $189.9 .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . . . . . . . $19.86 . .
Bars-Cold Finished -- S . . $13.70 . . . . . . .
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . . . . $64.59 . . . .
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $3,998 $1,098 $95.44 . . . . . . .
Wire Drawn -- S . . . . . . $48.51 . . .

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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