US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Product Census Data License Data
  MAR12 APR12 MAY12 JUN12 JUL12 AUG12 SEP12 OCT12 NOV12 DEC12 JAN13 FEB13 MAR13 APR13 MAY13
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products $1,251 $1,332 $1,364 $1,255 $1,304 $1,347 $1,241 $1,240 $1,436 $1,417 $1,179 $1,065 $1,067 $1,120 $1,276
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products $1,138 $1,236 $1,224 $1,143 $1,218 $1,245 $1,129 $1,098 $1,266 $1,179 $1,058 $988 $988 $1,019 $1,141
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $595 $604 $609 $613 $625 $621 $589 $528 $461 $452 $468 $462 $490 $520 $412
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $811 $805 $831 $692 $745 $693 $681 $1,110 $1,064 $1,084 $648 $1,090 $657 $724 $624
M Rails Standard -- C & A $1,067 $1,141 $1,003 $1,064 $1,062 $1,110 $1,025 $986 $1,642 $1,095 $1,011 $912 $1,006 $927 $959
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $1,229 $1,276 $1,203 $1,245 $1,235 $1,198 $1,172 $1,147 $1,210 $1,109 $1,175 $1,011 $1,107 $1,204 $1,003
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A $2,285 $2,138 $2,483 $2,386 $2,103 $2,145 $2,245 $2,205 $2,379 $2,188 $1,856 $2,135 $1,539 $1,650 $3,108
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,348 $1,189 $1,120 $1,267 $1,225 $1,163 $1,237 $1,091 $999 $1,347 $1,108 $1,084 $1,071 $1,023 $984
M Line Pipe -- C & A $1,573 $1,256 $1,712 $1,389 $1,233 $1,344 $1,244 $1,385 $1,638 $1,521 $1,608 $1,448 $1,245 $1,201 $1,108
M Wire Rods -- C & A $922 $914 $926 $912 $929 $947 $900 $885 $871 $873 $845 $842 $737 $793 $739
M Wire Drawn -- C & A $2,082 $2,039 $1,977 $2,020 $2,000 $2,016 $2,199 $2,315 $2,208 $2,395 $2,076 $1,937 $2,255 $2,047 $1,811
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,277 $1,071 $1,738 $1,144 $1,186 $894 $1,264 $860 $1,337 $714 $956 $1,339 $965 $971 $2,312
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A $2,043 $2,063 $2,138 $2,154 $1,984 $2,067 $2,004 $2,132 $1,936 $1,915 $1,711 $1,980 $1,836 $1,851 $1,842
M Tool Steel -- C & A $2,439 $2,189 $2,153 $2,104 $2,196 $1,810 $2,268 $1,987 $1,675 $1,707 $1,888 $1,686 $1,656 $1,593 $1,844
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $1,565 $2,503 $2,350 $2,482 $2,455 $2,379 $2,357 $2,335 $2,165 $1,779 $2,216 $2,515 $1,864 $2,483 $1,529
M Black Plate -- C & A $811 $848 $829 $793 $959 $942 $838 $918 $802 $821 $877 $771 $816 $1,176 $900
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $1,045 $938 $1,022 $939 $1,048 $883 $1,088 $889 $967 $1,041 $919 $885 $1,007 $872 $1,336
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A $1,467 $1,207 $1,437 $1,166 $1,160 $1,181 $1,146 $1,184 $1,284 $1,332 $1,411 $1,290 $1,464 $1,510 $1,421
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $1,349 $1,005 $1,656 $1,083 $1,386 $779 $1,466 $1,453 $1,405 $1,136 $1,496 $1,322 $1,400 $1,399 $993
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $3,851 $3,749 $3,634 $3,844 $4,746 $3,915 $4,050 $4,551 $4,911 $4,439 $4,541 $4,691 $3,661 $4,209 $4,424
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $955 $1,183 $929 $875 $1,120 $880 $880 $894 $1,066 $873 $1,014 $1,015 $881 $925 $925
M Standard Pipe -- C & A $1,498 $2,292 $1,953 $3,837 $3,501 $1,987 $2,600 $1,925 $4,084 $3,315 $2,098 $1,670 $2,057 $1,683 $3,143
M Plates in Coils -- C & A $1,240 $1,232 $1,304 $1,294 $1,087 $1,002 $1,028 $766 $900 $1,171 $1,187 $1,061 $1,053 $1,021 .
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $960 $931 $977 $973 $1,017 $872 $988 $1,560 $858 $904 $1,032 $942 $781 $827 $780
M Rails All Other -- C & A $1,060 $1,033 $1,131 $1,013 $1,191 $974 $1,804 $1,115 $1,044 $1,378 $1,046 $1,584 $1,096 $945 $935
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A $2,552 $5,106 $2,019 $3,024 $5,047 $4,664 $3,215 $6,190 $1,821 $4,788 $1,402 $4,397 $17,528 $3,105 $6,010
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $3,173 $6,008 $5,491 $4,007 $5,083 $5,186 $5,197 $3,623 $4,196 $5,293 $4,832 $4,636 $4,408 $6,514 $6,697
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $4,161 $8,698 $8,811 $5,541 $9,733 $4,335 $9,235 $5,926 $8,731 $8,087 $8,984 $8,870 $8,837 $9,335 $9,197
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $2,602 $2,536 $2,607 $2,427 $3,059 $2,124 $2,609 $2,335 $2,313 $2,755 $2,327 $2,531 $2,618 $2,186 $4,547
M Tin Plate -- C & A $1,220 $1,143 $1,173 $1,209 $1,232 $1,179 $1,197 . $1,242 $1,214 . $1,435 $1,105 $1,141 $1,259
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $5,449 $5,892 $4,455 $5,081 $5,814 $7,938 $7,579 $4,256 $6,754 $6,998 $9,300 $6,986 $7,181 $8,271 $7,158
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . $1,179 . . $1,953 . . $1,250 . $1,008 $994 $3,121 . . $2,074
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $809 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . $1,039 . . $900 $1,066 . . . . . . . $51,600 .
M Steel Piling -- C & A $3,560 . . . . . . . . . . . . $613,068 .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products $6,209 $4,654 $5,864 $6,527 $5,263 $5,836 $6,677 $6,077 $6,353 $5,862 $5,137 $4,883 $4,301 $5,701 $4,946
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $2,028 $2,039 $1,998 $2,039 $2,089 $2,256 $2,227 $2,065 $1,913 $1,941 $1,903 $2,036 $1,910 $1,819 $1,703
M Oil Country Goods -- S $6,661 $5,627 $5,633 $6,833 $6,219 $5,501 $7,681 $6,490 $7,564 $6,268 $5,979 $6,029 $4,070 $5,858 $4,435
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S $5,265 $4,702 $4,536 $4,754 $4,163 $4,015 $3,314 $4,127 $3,989 $4,368 $3,948 $3,576 $4,008 $3,896 $3,993
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $9,996 $12,233 $9,822 $12,674 $11,008 $9,311 $9,478 $9,308 $9,963 $9,219 $9,948 $9,146 $10,252 $9,101 $8,228
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $13,857 $10,560 $12,576 $12,667 $13,867 $14,135 $13,967 $15,129 $12,414 $12,441 $11,405 $15,184 $13,404 $12,103 $9,048
M Wire Drawn -- S $11,479 $10,708 $12,518 $10,221 $11,795 $14,576 $14,201 $13,947 $11,993 $10,694 $12,958 $10,219 $10,565 $13,924 $12,202
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $4,953 $4,877 $6,596 $4,134 $7,410 $3,828 $3,856 $5,432 $3,747 $3,596 $4,678 $10,581 $4,417 $4,586 $19,892
M Line Pipe -- S $10,476 . $8,744 $5,072 $10,296 . $24,566 $14,020 $16,588 $20,571 $10,949 . $8,055 $6,983 $123,255
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S $15,335 $9,515 $8,952 $9,958 $9,226 $7,741 . $13,133 $13,107 $5,121 $18,362 $7,696 $6,587 $7,723 $9,941
M Plates in Coils -- S $4,946 $3,742 $4,311 $3,839 $3,361 $3,282 $3,363 $2,915 $2,930 $2,215 $13,025 . $13,044 . .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $4,001 $3,795 $3,856 $3,912 $4,061 $4,445 $4,372 . $4,058 $4,114 $4,183 $4,157 $4,045 $4,325 $4,319
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . . . . . . . . . $5,057 $5,054 $5,054 $189,474 $4600000
M Wire Rods -- S $3,893 $3,742 $3,775 $4,368 $3,286 $3,229 $2,676 $10,013 $2,568 . . $3,666 $4,852 $3,904 $3,802
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S . $3,593 . $2,946 . $6,511 $6,242 $20,874 . . . $3,177 . $202,000 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S $6,087 . . $5,808 $6,979 . $4,504 . . $11,738 . . . . .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . . $4,143 . . . . . . . . .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $5,700 . . . . . . $5,400 . . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 14, 2013, with
Licensing data collected through May 14, 2013 and
Final Census data compiled through March 2013
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of census data,including preliminary data
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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