US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA
Quantity in Metric Tons
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Product Census Data
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2012		 Total
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YTD Jan
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2013
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final)
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 2,153,803 4,889,683 4,184,720 4,376,533 1,329,964 780,995 1,124,355 1,505,751 270,520 407,237
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 2,063,635 4,732,769 3,979,117 4,170,822 1,269,345 672,217 990,633 1,373,413 247,711 380,951
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 74,119 392,195 203,370 180,879 38,389 58,464 159,364 245,368 46,601 72,842
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 23,685 52,524 96,737 338,561 24,047 21,544 90,473 225,896 21,386 101,817
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 134,827 676,508 340,017 425,705 76,317 142,274 174,139 214,181 44,018 68,064
Wire Drawn -- C & A 124,589 180,431 160,954 130,273 86,996 107,418 103,097 111,643 24,341 28,014
Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 3,702 44,473 64,130 70,369 16,183 47,696 77,592 109,854 26,927 20,422
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 72,699 156,472 156,273 80,164 42,575 43,009 62,072 66,890 16,499 10,057
Wire Rods -- C & A 621,185 1,226,960 533,524 144,264 7,627 10,384 229.5 59,982 1,136 6,727
Line Pipe -- C & A 80,300 373,192 441,590 487,177 108,533 40,454 53,392 59,422 13,900 11,587
Tool Steel -- C & A 17,459 13,062 10,005 17,516 6,760 17,066 22,138 39,960 9,103 5,096
Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . 37.7 17,834 27,747 38,338 35,147 10,881 17,299
Rails All Other -- C & A 945.4 13,514 69,247 49,054 13,289 11,964 26,661 31,822 2,222 2,426
Tin Plate -- C & A 8,063 26,296 26,849 15,834 25,625 26,057 16,507 21,601 3,906 8,677
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 422,179 686,310 812,125 2,031,554 718,702 38,228 16,369 21,175 1,566 865.6
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 25,915 98,739 159,474 10,991 5,907 11,047 17,014 18,442 4,364 1,593
Standard Pipe -- C & A 344,129 612,332 655,358 81,903 34,879 10,760 18,025 15,743 3,616 3,171
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 318.8 3,931 493.9 921.9 195.3 2,046 20,081 14,375 2,330 2,270
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 427.0 881.9 1,875 6,438 3,539 7,517 14,932 13,056 1,677 2,143
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 4,029 17,138 14,774 13,582 7,375 5,868 11,867 12,815 4,977 1,907
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 20,711 33,900 27,496 37,423 1,921 7,530 11,822 10,415 697.2 1,472
Pipe For Piling -- C & A 1,459 6,015 15,626 7,748 8,101 4,040 8,539 9,631 20.4 309.9
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 508.0 5,154 3,695 4,575 5,588 7,034 8,470 7,130 1,300 7,915
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 67,894 34,334 14,484 2,958 2,306 2,226 6,783 6,773 1,403 1,379
Pressure Tubing -- C & A 3,604 15,333 10,069 18,290 8,140 6,447 8,864 4,695 1,610 670.7
Rails Standard -- C & A 47.8 15,793 12,177 309.2 412.1 3,938 6,536 4,131 380.1 568.3
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 2,079 10,981 7,390 2,157 1,816 1,699 3,344 3,697 1,087 243.2
Black Plate -- C & A 1,938 6,008 3,475 3,420 2,794 4,265 5,640 3,443 629.1 1,178
Railroad Accessories -- C & A 572.3 606.3 725.4 2,353 1,171 696.0 1,297 1,833 347.4 989.5
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 1,113 14,136 112,722 1,666 1,229 1,799 1,457 1,095 154.0 776.8
Plates in Coils -- C & A 60.1 841.6 117.2 1,901 . 655.4 2,726 1,011 . .
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 560.9 2,421 7,089 1,046 414.9 642.1 1,572 810.2 386.8 239.6
Steel Piling -- C & A 54.0 70.5 22.8 16.0 60.4 976.0 695.4 611.0 51.8 99.8
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 4,340 10,036 13,452 1,473 108.5 335.6 48.1 396.7 115.0 59.6
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 99.6 616.3 3,045 193.9 116.3 81.5 187.7 258.2 46.8 21.2
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 13.6 182.5 270.3 53.9 245.0 260.3 216.3 64.6 8.63 36.6
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 0.50 1,366 452.3 . 138.8 36.3 130.9 31.8 12.8 2.79
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 90,168 156,913 205,603 205,711 60,619 108,777 133,721 132,337 22,809 26,286
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 51,083 103,933 98,922 121,780 18,322 70,151 81,341 71,630 8,510 12,310
Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 21,816 36,024 49,191 24,250 12,127 12,927 18,810 21,322 4,970 4,600
Plates in Coils -- S 315.2 1,717 4,081 5,827 885.8 1,426 5,575 12,841 4,351 2,652
Plates Cut Lengths -- S 176.1 809.6 16,755 10,280 7,498 3,349 8,156 7,208 1,504 1,716
Wire Drawn -- S 6,137 6,213 6,235 4,811 2,991 6,990 7,363 6,427 1,486 1,291
Wire Rods -- S 4,403 4,640 3,552 3,978 816.8 1,659 2,849 2,828 527.2 1,096
Line Pipe -- S . . 8,375 838.7 931.8 123.8 3,163 2,824 289.1 947.1
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 604.1 1,003 555.5 1,731 605.3 4,828 1,937 2,183 319.0 741.5
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 4,270 1,575 1,528 1,202 673.6 1,273 1,995 2,111 398.7 510.0
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 547.4 376.8 318.9 456.6 96.1 159.7 825.6 1,417 260.1 276.3
Oil Country Goods -- S . . 14,391 26,895 15,193 506.0 462.0 568.9 73.5 13.4
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 311.6 424.0 1,520 3,399 330.8 5,216 716.4 354.6 35.3 1.35
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 315.5 47.7 71.3 134.4 99.2 50.7 145.6 222.9 47.9 57.0
Structural Pipe & Tube -- S . . . . . 5.42 17.5 132.6 . 59.0
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 7.38 2.47 . . 10.2 1.24 35.0 132.3 7.54 .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 35.9 62.8 76.9 65.4 33.8 6.40 49.1 115.5 25.6 11.6
Bars-Light Shaped -- S 144.2 81.2 23.7 58.4 1.67 0.46 62.2 8.74 0.05 0.04
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . 1.85 . 0.81 100.0 213.8 5.70 0.39 .

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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