US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA

Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - US Dollars

Same Table - Average Unit Value
'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 98,203 129,788 157,060 178,606 109,025 148,998 93,174 119,875 144,304 154,397 153,165 130,808 123,263 113,883 130,054
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 89,553 120,980 144,679 164,415 94,533 132,917 80,456 110,125 132,747 144,845 143,515 122,787 114,647 105,709 124,638
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 7,356 10,697 29,707 22,888 14,180 27,662 9,313 8,204 36,707 45,147 46,076 20,786 34,954 13,229 62,879
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 17,378 13,802 26,052 26,647 10,642 27,572 2,357 17,746 40,363 33,581 19,773 36,219 16,849 20,517 9,214
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 20,762 21,489 22,583 27,599 18,915 18,647 7,617 23,272 14,056 15,981 22,827 25,491 19,745 16,982 10,778
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 8,557 7,630 9,298 10,285 10,427 9,564 9,825 10,757 9,415 10,098 11,048 10,014 6,951 10,983 6,668
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 6,485 16,677 12,570 9,968 5,282 7,368 13,829 6,470 5,465 5,295 5,371 6,322 8,728 1,171 6,926
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 3,662 2,471 1,440 5,233 2,385 1,135 44.3 4,111 1,874 5,568 6,386 4,959 5,954 5,124 6,777
M Line Pipe -- C & A 5,978 3,273 5,086 4,316 4,906 6,537 4,459 6,053 9,574 1,313 4,913 3,599 3,074 1,374 999.8
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 5,217 4,712 8,783 7,488 5,850 6,308 6,787 3,957 3,288 3,212 4,055 3,583 2,418 3,842 1,568
M Tin Plate -- C & A 1,551 2,094 617.1 1,393 1,692 1,493 2,578 4,593 1,245 1,986 2,339 1,168 5,169 3,302 4,145
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 447.7 429.8 127.2 734.0 477.0 636.6 852.3 531.8 1,553 487.5 2,100 2,438 3,376 1,206 2,167
M Wire Rods -- C & A 235.8 21,902 4,086 20,913 . 6,975 16.3 . . 4,952 6,711 . 16.7 4,373 980.3
M Tool Steel -- C & A 3,987 2,574 3,329 4,516 3,659 7,080 2,347 2,373 896.7 4,078 2,050 1,515 1,530 2,239 1,190
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 1,447 1,474 2,939 1,992 645.8 991.5 1,499 623.9 1,402 556.7 1,876 674.4 619.9 1,995 544.0
M Rails All Other -- C & A 847.3 397.4 5,191 8,712 226.6 125.2 372.4 13,347 178.6 1,047 1,326 . 1,099 11,390 59.8
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 27.1 1,061 1,605 2,786 2,320 415.9 1,215 238.0 1,132 1,268 . 2,230 39.9 1,242 1,171
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 378.4 3,190 1,516 329.0 1,520 1,364 346.8 1,399 1,373 339.4 334.4 846.2 962.9 658.5 1,954
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 1,766 650.6 1,854 515.9 1,055 685.9 1,146 530.3 521.5 877.9 843.3 631.3 432.4 664.9 371.6
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 1,204 1,258 778.3 547.2 676.1 1,215 5,802 1,870 1,053 875.8 885.5 423.7 284.2 966.4 211.0
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 255.2 628.3 687.5 1,910 476.2 215.6 1,909 102.5 307.4 3,480 905.0 98.4 468.8 1,972 3,323
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 346.6 240.7 1,309 726.7 709.8 724.8 183.5 530.8 237.1 707.5 1,202 116.3 60.3 76.0 565.3
M Black Plate -- C & A 316.7 221.6 158.6 433.8 280.6 302.5 410.7 384.8 296.9 324.2 786.0 . 392.6 . 39.4
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 50.4 . 238.3 39.3 152.0 171.1 373.3 220.5 129.5 162.1 97.6 331.2 560.6 236.8 271.5
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 266.6 2,548 1,682 1,432 2,282 4,183 5,791 707.1 67.6 912.9 . 819.1 46.5 296.0 190.4
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 20.4 18.2 33.6 226.5 224.3 82.1 17.6 22.0 302.2 14.5 687.0 61.8 27.9 141.6 140.8
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 486.9 525.5 373.7 658.6 420.0 246.0 148.5 234.8 243.1 234.3 436.7 53.8 180.2 209.2 176.2
M Rails Standard -- C & A 61.0 . 251.5 389.9 156.0 162.8 578.8 40.7 81.4 2,090 149.6 203.9 214.7 . 415.9
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 20.4 338.5 2,003 1,174 4,211 19.1 . 1,358 505.9 . . 21.9 287.9 17.4 50.2
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 313.7 464.0 236.7 262.5 626.1 229.9 473.1 239.3 47.6 30.2 131.9 49.7 61.5 17.2 29.7
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 71.8 32.4 47.7 3.00 34.0 34.3 19.9 9.48 103.0 139.1 83.5 81.9 74.1 73.0 754.8
M Steel Piling -- C & A 28.6 13.9 19.3 19.8 21.0 65.3 80.3 41.5 231.6 66.2 72.1 8.10 19.6 1.25 29.5
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 18.2 . 17.0 58.4 11.5 25.1 . 84.4 71.6 13.3 23.7 16.4 19.5 83.6 .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . 8.70 . 9.62 3.34 11.3 15.0 7.93 . . 16.9 4.70 15.0 19.4 .
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . . 43.8 . 39.5 15.0 40.7 55.1 17.1 . . 14.5 6.72 22.5 18.0
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 3.58 3.48 6.50 1.00 0.22 1.87 1.63 2.08 1.41 0.79 1.87 . 0.92 10.0 2.26
M Plates in Coils -- C & A . 147.0 . 199.0 21.7 643.8 . . . . . . . 1,266 22.1
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 8,650 8,807 12,380 14,191 14,492 16,081 12,717 9,749 11,556 9,551 9,649 8,020 8,615 8,174 5,416
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 3,683 5,590 6,420 8,363 9,244 9,140 6,834 6,133 5,244 6,148 5,111 2,404 4,794 4,747 3,405
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 1,396 1,238 2,047 2,141 2,196 1,835 2,171 1,450 1,555 1,715 1,838 1,231 1,530 1,689 717.2
M Plates in Coils -- S 2,148 68.4 1,577 728.2 318.1 2,128 219.2 95.2 2,990 363.2 499.0 2,142 10.9 . 43.2
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 511.3 389.5 580.8 1,065 829.8 692.6 714.1 502.4 578.4 349.5 179.2 587.1 950.3 442.3 363.4
M Wire Drawn -- S 382.7 779.5 718.6 541.1 475.9 792.7 502.8 449.8 276.1 403.9 520.5 459.5 311.8 660.7 385.7
M Wire Rods -- S 189.4 104.2 256.3 457.9 165.7 186.4 631.9 298.0 133.6 67.0 570.7 271.0 254.5 153.1 119.4
M Line Pipe -- S 44.4 110.1 284.8 170.5 498.6 551.9 393.6 220.7 213.6 91.2 281.4 197.5 468.2 136.5 218.9
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 67.2 174.3 204.8 181.5 198.2 256.9 283.1 210.7 187.7 166.5 410.8 246.1 84.5 81.9 37.9
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 116.0 200.9 136.5 166.5 272.8 225.9 205.2 197.3 158.5 148.3 167.2 256.8 85.9 166.1 77.4
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 36.3 12.6 6.41 185.8 75.9 52.9 651.0 58.3 89.8 23.8 48.7 149.7 77.7 69.9 44.7
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- S . . . . . 24.3 . 52.8 6.61 48.8 . 31.9 27.1 . .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 13.0 52.6 25.6 30.6 26.6 6.40 4.32 9.08 13.1 6.43 8.57 38.9 9.56 14.6 2.63
M Oil Country Goods -- S 34.6 47.8 81.2 148.3 17.6 40.7 102.6 20.7 17.1 18.9 1.54 3.55 8.32 1.66 0.18
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 25.6 18.4 18.4 0.79 0.17 1.40 2.74 25.1 22.7 . 11.6 . . 0.19 0.10
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 1.29 19.9 21.4 . 77.9 121.7 . 19.6 58.6 . . . 1.35 0.36 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 0.05 . . 8.22 . . 0.08 . 0.37 . 0.03 . 0.01 9.33 .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . 88.1 22.4 . 5.60 8.51 . . . . . 0.18
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . . 5.30 . . . . . . . . . .

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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