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
  SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09 OCT09 NOV09
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 515,664 660,013 546,709 441,165 396,119 246,987 177,688 90,525 135,974 40,167 26,938 28,483 38,097 51,174 45,958
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 504,258 645,224 529,035 429,735 383,519 239,250 170,396 87,522 132,881 38,233 25,058 26,499 33,429 45,780 42,748
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 11,592 10,811 6,687 7,182 8,258 6,287 6,020 5,846 6,191 7,721 7,098 7,022 7,469 8,551 4,982
M Rails All Other -- C & A 459.7 2.56 154.4 15,880 . 258.8 186.4 313.2 240.0 202.3 . 1,469 7,056 3,360 33.6
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 10,007 7,933 7,850 9,614 7,169 2,718 7,415 997.4 1,456 1,347 5,290 1,377 1,163 1,620 1,056
M Line Pipe -- C & A 51,071 58,432 52,834 48,429 28,032 11,159 6,119 11,147 2,945 1,355 3,230 1,224 3,164 7,873 24,946
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . 391.2 997.5 1,341 1,022 2,039 2,016 2,066 2,694 3,183 1,317
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 38,346 68,246 20,406 26,224 11,525 13,257 12,213 2,163 13,922 4,683 2,260 2,211 1,563 4,352 2,372
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 12,294 7,236 12,597 13,435 8,541 5,444 5,632 3,966 4,238 1,822 2,239 1,273 1,988 2,085 2,323
M Tin Plate -- C & A 692.4 2,376 107.4 131.8 2,565 301.3 3,389 1,424 1,433 5,683 53.3 1,748 1,893 2,847 1,606
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 28,512 31,922 14,119 13,623 12,846 8,769 4,573 1,577 2,634 2,575 47.1 1,959 960.2 1,815 108.6
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 261.1 2,937 217.4 1,425 3,698 139.3 23.8 118.1 15.3 . 67.4 1,920 . 3,611 22.7
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 278,302 297,589 333,281 259,111 275,909 171,970 114,664 51,226 93,916 7,616 64.4 1,103 719.1 1,164 3.16
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 1,332 3,989 3,128 3,913 595.0 632.7 994.9 329.6 241.3 564.6 591.9 402.3 869.8 1,022 896.4
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 14,908 14,739 8,475 1,916 3,231 1,393 3,404 534.4 26.3 171.9 97.2 906.0 431.1 1,741 3.52
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 1,220 1,288 1,345 2,111 1,382 800.3 217.3 499.0 190.6 350.6 485.7 181.0 717.7 413.0 448.8
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 2,736 2,914 1,086 455.5 631.4 2,940 931.9 437.8 432.0 296.7 272.5 354.4 371.2 303.7 133.7
M Tool Steel -- C & A 1,453 1,546 1,656 1,205 1,515 812.7 699.0 364.5 684.5 261.7 238.3 319.0 338.8 781.4 135.3
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 32,641 75,223 45,218 14,462 8,940 8,350 1,922 1,790 1,040 418.9 388.9 88.9 318.8 283.1 202.3
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 884.1 728.9 652.1 144.9 783.6 212.3 21.8 1,058 1,109 15.2 67.9 15.3 670.7 51.5 1,601
M Black Plate -- C & A 155.8 855.9 724.6 . 261.3 56.5 117.1 113.2 206.6 692.1 . 369.6 282.3 319.8 .
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 2.82 355.8 32.3 2.75 85.7 134.8 99.3 164.5 124.5 123.1 103.3 123.8 167.1 120.8 32.9
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 87.1 199.5 358.7 386.4 467.0 335.9 48.5 211.1 125.3 100.8 88.7 56.2 76.0 18.6 .
M Rails Standard -- C & A 3.51 . . 58.7 . . 22.2 . 181.1 7.00 123.9 18.0 32.3 0.02 .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . 6.72 . 50.4 2.00 . 0.74 19.9 . 1.86 54.6 101.7 2.54 0.86
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 80.0 1,026 1,771 1,182 301.2 1,823 9.10 13.3 14.1 7.40 17.3 20.1 107.8 26.5 108.3
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 323.0 . 5.53 367.0 6.07 31.6 2.29 17.3 . . . . 137.9 . .
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 206.7 426.1 656.0 379.3 191.3 59.9 76.0 289.3 84.0 51.4 91.6 23.3 . 121.0 17.0
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 178.6 112.6 20.4 119.4 16.0 36.6 36.8 41.3 35.7 39.9 29.1 41.9 34.0 54.8 37.9
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 133.5 260.1 231.7 24.1 84.4 118.9 1.03 204.3 127.5 49.5 1.45 74.3 8.33 26.2 198.5
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 39.6 39.6 39.6 39.6 17.2 8.00 . 4.50 11.9 2.62 49.5 13.3 9.21 . .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . . . . . . . . . 32.8 . . 63.2 . .
M Wire Rods -- C & A 12,592 53,299 7,534 4,819 6,091 14.5 . 1,299 19.9 . 14.8 45.1 . 15.2 29.6
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 3,471 703.2 7,803 2,889 244.3 778.1 542.0 22.1 187.9 0.68 25.0 . . 2.00 103.5
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 259.6 16.7 30.6 19.8 74.7 . 3.06 3.28 1.28 . . 4.78 17.0 0.10 0.61
M Steel Piling -- C & A . 6.55 . . . 8.88 10.7 . . . . 8.84 . 9.69 22.8
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 2.96 4.01 . 177.0 . . . . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 11,405 14,788 17,674 11,430 12,600 7,736 7,292 3,002 3,093 1,934 1,880 1,983 4,667 5,394 3,210
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 6,328 7,271 5,768 3,477 3,921 1,387 1,468 870.6 1,061 542.7 423.7 730.4 1,290 2,005 1,458
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 1,352 1,856 1,204 1,454 1,831 1,381 641.5 1,209 647.1 981.7 653.3 925.5 779.2 1,101 481.1
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 141.1 889.5 1,409 1,030 1,560 653.1 69.7 16.3 136.5 35.2 58.6 8.31 1,443 1,452 433.7
M Wire Drawn -- S 458.8 347.7 325.3 340.7 403.0 207.5 155.6 239.9 160.4 199.2 228.8 221.3 327.4 345.7 87.0
M Oil Country Goods -- S 1,569 2,884 7,485 4,588 4,415 3,817 4,597 271.2 566.4 19.3 5.12 2.29 594.4 122.1 595.1
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 53.2 103.0 46.2 . 19.7 16.6 45.5 40.2 42.8 101.6 92.2 34.0 97.7 10.3 7.10
M Line Pipe -- S 79.9 1.86 12.3 27.2 . 36.3 . 3.94 274.7 . 203.2 0.93 . 12.2 9.74
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 50.0 136.9 78.0 33.6 127.8 58.5 28.7 99.1 57.4 5.92 51.3 37.7 65.5 44.3 58.6
M Wire Rods -- S 339.7 278.0 747.1 176.0 64.0 52.0 17.4 35.9 35.8 . 82.7 0.24 51.2 170.3 33.5
M Plates in Coils -- S 540.9 698.5 311.5 119.9 90.4 89.4 111.0 199.3 86.6 37.4 30.8 16.0 4.60 102.1 30.8
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 449.3 216.0 189.5 141.6 92.8 27.0 122.2 7.33 10.8 1.06 38.2 2.38 . 13.7 .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 4.63 9.34 4.09 26.5 36.2 7.48 2.13 5.13 2.39 2.98 2.17 3.76 11.5 10.3 9.94
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . . . . . . 2.56 5.47 . . 0.29 0.13
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 10.8 81.5 92.2 14.5 37.4 1.67 22.1 3.20 . 3.32 2.71 . 2.23 2.01 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 0.40 13.8 . . . . . . . . 1.67 . . . .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 26.2 . . . . . 10.1 . 10.7 0.71 . . . 0.65 4.96
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . . . . . 0.81 . . . . . 0.04 .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 17, 2009, with
Licensing data collected through November 17, 2009 and
Final Census data compiled through September 2009
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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