US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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Quantity in Metric Tons
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'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 114,166 144,259 134,515 105,511 134,749 90,757 131,891 111,080 55,853 53,454 114,607 63,133 85,661 85,974 82,009
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 108,311 137,515 128,956 96,436 127,121 87,581 127,928 106,540 53,222 51,584 111,750 61,298 83,653 83,037 76,510
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 284.1 22,606 652.9 1,252 528.4 194.5 35,109 34,827 102.6 . 35,609 32,464 38,633 39.9 41,315
M Rails Standard -- C & A 8,366 11,211 12,361 6,795 14,994 24,334 15,059 2,788 4,582 18,977 18,293 218.0 11,319 22,548 34.1
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 3,491 5,997 6,976 4,085 5,216 5,322 3,392 1,994 3,297 2,944 8,529 3,518 7,292 5,590 3,953
M Line Pipe -- C & A 8,176 19,436 21,153 8,837 22,367 8,029 20,655 17,369 9,350 9,457 9,815 2,928 1,602 12,604 7,762
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 12,352 10,717 14,618 8,879 11,467 10,324 7,939 2,211 3,304 368.6 2,792 3,935 3,432 9,904 6,276
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 5,723 2,931 6,143 4,912 6,258 3,253 2,008 1,794 2,104 2,892 2,460 3,648 3,456 1,094 1,957
M Wire Rods -- C & A 8,247 5,172 12,717 8,248 7,420 6,892 3,368 2,288 8,575 3,006 7,104 2,039 192.6 6,060 3,628
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 3,710 3,401 3,352 4,559 3,105 927.0 2,188 3,634 682.9 1,587 5,074 398.2 2,762 6,852 608.9
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 2,769 3,511 3,051 2,566 3,208 1,446 1,339 895.6 1,750 2,161 2,334 2,334 2,297 3,938 2,531
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 15,224 19,138 18,846 16,612 17,100 3,478 11,704 18,407 3,655 5,112 3,214 1,063 2,188 1,620 1,326
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 1,449 1,741 1,894 1,506 2,033 3,535 2,662 1,913 4,408 700.9 1,331 1,438 2,566 953.2 904.0
M Black Plate -- C & A 295.5 220.4 671.4 291.1 503.0 2,931 5,458 2,383 3,414 271.9 4,620 347.6 42.5 138.8 499.8
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 2,584 2,061 3,407 3,490 2,808 1,885 2,558 3,685 1,383 1,228 2,019 974.6 1,333 753.6 488.9
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 3,749 783.3 1,852 2,554 11,104 296.4 1,257 3,685 178.8 221.6 1,606 2,087 174.1 1,853 275.9
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 1,929 597.4 885.0 931.0 579.8 611.9 1,099 684.5 411.9 161.7 2,068 264.2 948.5 1,398 440.5
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 2,002 1,388 1,505 1,386 1,790 1,133 1,419 963.4 2,032 1,112 641.7 886.7 1,407 951.1 1,874
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 1,130 2.90 391.2 263.8 212.5 201.9 . 0.54 297.9 279.7 478.8 1,155 1,029 2,353 .
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 4,137 1,736 5,308 5,214 4,724 3,292 3,555 2,060 1,255 263.2 1,903 90.5 401.2 715.0 510.1
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 729.3 1,632 4,570 1,620 3,667 1,040 1,707 727.7 199.8 96.4 660.2 43.4 1,485 416.2 236.7
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 221.3 190.4 148.0 149.2 205.2 130.7 111.6 156.7 82.3 233.2 246.5 295.2 274.1 393.9 157.8
M Tool Steel -- C & A 4,346 3,071 2,726 4,062 2,746 2,579 1,832 731.8 1,071 69.6 240.2 143.3 160.7 626.1 273.9
M Tin Plate -- C & A 167.6 64.6 310.4 410.6 340.6 124.9 119.3 183.8 54.6 1.14 261.1 136.1 63.1 1,330 216.7
M Rails All Other -- C & A 571.7 41.1 9.56 22.6 1,018 1,094 224.7 629.9 263.2 146.1 100.1 169.9 159.5 270.2 .
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 294.5 320.5 451.7 394.0 279.0 234.3 148.9 56.0 87.1 121.1 85.8 206.2 116.5 184.7 81.3
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 13.9 92.1 73.4 298.3 41.2 163.3 44.5 278.5 98.4 17.1 124.7 156.3 92.6 18.7 38.0
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 374.6 138.2 120.6 154.5 84.2 249.2 74.8 147.4 82.2 68.7 116.4 117.8 50.9 70.4 126.0
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 666.1 585.0 695.3 1,890 355.3 570.3 275.2 280.6 400.7 53.1 16.0 97.4 145.6 236.5 259.2
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 63.3 24.1 92.8 74.3 105.1 153.9 17.2 32.0 33.8 13.5 . 67.2 16.2 119.3 .
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A . 2,266 2,942 2,352 1,982 1,691 2,359 1,447 57.8 . . 69.2 . . 721.7
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.09 . .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . . . 2,564 . . . . . 14.8 . . . . .
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 15,237 16,430 . . . 9.25 . . . . . . . . .
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . 1,025 54.7 870.0 1,447 236.8 . . . . . . . 9.37
M Steel Piling -- C & A . . . . . . . 279.0 . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 5,855 6,744 5,558 9,074 7,627 3,175 3,963 4,540 2,631 1,870 2,856 1,835 2,007 2,936 5,498
M Oil Country Goods -- S 2,815 3,546 2,767 6,022 4,211 1,235 2,217 2,860 1,817 1,068 1,499 1,156 1,105 1,223 2,955
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 629.4 588.9 765.3 994.2 972.6 447.4 612.8 818.6 252.4 346.5 316.2 248.2 435.9 372.9 480.7
M Line Pipe -- S 14.2 4.78 10.1 . 58.3 216.3 . 0.68 . . 489.0 24.0 1.65 17.8 .
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 387.1 320.1 249.6 265.6 271.9 78.0 52.3 108.8 124.4 267.9 266.8 122.0 110.8 84.2 214.6
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 370.8 320.3 460.4 210.7 188.8 174.5 200.4 174.8 216.9 88.9 119.1 100.0 165.5 201.5 177.7
M Wire Drawn -- S 141.6 84.9 52.3 103.9 65.7 123.7 114.1 50.3 82.9 64.7 94.4 70.5 73.9 135.7 56.4
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 206.4 115.0 71.9 32.8 171.7 30.1 40.7 55.5 57.4 7.87 9.16 74.2 69.5 85.5 59.5
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 1,076 1,705 1,138 1,410 1,423 803.0 716.8 443.7 61.2 13.9 55.6 . . 727.0 1,539
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 32.4 24.0 4.17 1.88 18.3 33.1 2.29 1.92 16.1 9.00 2.02 10.0 21.4 29.4 8.20
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 6.44 2.24 7.04 2.24 10.3 2.24 . . . 2.24 4.40 16.1 2.24 7.84 6.07
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 105.2 . 0.74 . 77.5 11.0 0.29 . . 0.03 . 0.47 16.1 0.05 .
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S . 16.1 . . . . . . . . . 13.1 0.18 0.32 .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.18 . .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 3.45 0.53 0.71 . 0.53 1.37 5.80 7.35 1.52 . . . 1.53 1.79 .
M Plates in Coils -- S . . . . 119.5 . . . . . . . . 48.3 .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 57.8 9.78 12.8 18.1 26.6 19.4 . 18.0 . . . . . . .
M Wire Rods -- S 8.12 6.15 17.0 11.6 10.4 . . . . . . . . . .

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
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
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