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 Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  MAR12 APR12 MAY12 JUN12 JUL12 AUG12 SEP12 OCT12 NOV12 DEC12 JAN13 FEB13 MAR13 APR13 APR13 MAY13
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 232,236 197,933 242,677 207,182 209,447 179,130 187,412 239,009 166,488 112,872 160,902 185,493 204,358 260,552 273,023 159,188
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 227,068 192,400 235,348 202,854 204,974 175,130 183,631 232,195 160,918 107,126 156,134 181,868 199,501 254,059 267,098 154,774
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 71,270 36,729 72,512 70,274 31,363 37,530 37,470 73,507 36,436 34,683 34,561 70,055 39,031 71,548 71,533 36,387
M Rails Standard -- C & A 26,030 703.1 20,036 12,547 11,432 493.3 20,694 33,649 787.0 994.6 20,593 25,700 17,058 30,831 30,802 15,156
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 24,172 24,522 25,637 20,890 27,513 11,018 26,680 6,722 5,931 663.6 22,707 4,328 42,172 24,913 24,826 17,858
M Line Pipe -- C & A 13,392 42,464 19,199 28,740 42,483 26,132 23,950 22,882 18,484 7,893 4,015 7,407 16,111 35,407 34,714 12,457
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 18,045 15,494 20,170 16,032 23,274 19,634 15,664 17,788 21,004 11,987 15,403 16,476 20,370 18,220 21,989 21,168
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 18,570 25,036 26,163 17,223 19,889 20,711 13,284 20,062 13,854 12,529 9,863 12,866 13,781 15,717 17,100 6,194
M Wire Rods -- C & A 10,859 10,329 12,233 5,596 9,191 6,359 16,376 6,759 11,708 2,982 6,661 9,118 10,036 6,458 10,785 10,857
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 11,668 7,211 8,613 5,717 7,975 9,838 6,195 11,912 15,186 6,180 14,320 10,858 9,180 5,157 9,240 9,183
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 5,011 5,493 5,756 5,633 5,913 5,654 3,344 4,873 4,235 3,245 4,259 3,498 4,180 4,558 5,368 3,654
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 2,309 1,414 2,073 1,723 7,146 9,079 4,372 10,521 4,663 7,941 2,372 2,865 3,664 4,531 7,475 4,224
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 2,822 3,938 1,221 2,882 548.5 4,545 754.9 3,160 1,469 763.6 1,468 3,528 1,015 6,350 4,833 1,928
M Black Plate -- C & A 909.8 3,388 2,825 1,309 1,366 711.5 1,937 1,038 3,008 2,880 547.3 187.7 6,273 2,674 595.5 502.8
M Tool Steel -- C & A 1,949 2,040 2,541 1,925 2,247 4,238 1,313 2,553 4,557 1,682 3,262 2,006 2,708 4,129 3,221 3,401
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 1,263 1,735 1,608 1,565 1,452 2,529 1,946 1,604 2,064 2,278 3,838 1,395 3,353 3,027 2,820 924.6
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 3,090 1,454 186.2 1,747 1,160 1,480 1,115 1,003 1,972 2,311 1,386 1,683 2,156 3,074 2,712 2,434
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 5,309 1,145 1,805 1,442 2,107 2,423 2,164 2,204 2,658 1,527 2,395 2,247 2,666 1,894 2,136 1,823
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 1,962 1,743 2,953 2,133 1,455 1,775 2,456 1,608 1,962 1,334 1,254 1,136 2,135 2,962 3,034 824.8
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 995.2 2,595 3,235 232.5 2,334 2,389 490.0 3,832 3,355 1,358 2,932 152.5 388.9 4,966 4,966 866.9
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 2,906 451.3 2,580 426.2 280.5 2,286 304.2 2,681 910.7 783.8 643.0 2,337 418.2 2,692 2,709 102.0
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 792.1 331.9 894.5 371.1 1,154 3,108 662.5 692.8 2,268 1,471 1,667 2,327 965.8 1,168 1,801 1,072
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 1,562 1,931 1,526 1,205 2,164 989.7 1,223 2,214 2,704 672.3 483.3 541.1 691.3 1,531 2,342 1,620
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 392.2 609.3 278.6 448.7 644.6 396.6 348.2 275.5 345.0 42.7 298.4 267.3 550.1 1,095 1,091 448.5
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 210.7 226.2 246.3 139.9 198.9 152.8 234.4 167.8 170.3 176.5 116.2 184.7 177.2 286.6 205.0 99.9
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 345.1 61.5 254.6 485.5 84.9 135.7 202.2 23.2 186.8 61.8 97.2 435.8 9.61 105.2 48.8 7.71
M Rails All Other -- C & A 617.1 841.9 152.0 1,501 428.0 584.8 58.9 139.0 636.7 144.0 753.2 81.4 40.3 266.6 278.1 1,039
M Tin Plate -- C & A 221.9 96.2 166.8 383.4 856.2 230.7 162.3 . 126.7 200.2 . 18.8 126.3 211.9 209.8 293.7
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 218.8 206.0 182.1 149.4 93.2 191.4 139.6 156.2 96.4 92.3 67.4 73.2 83.2 160.8 136.4 108.9
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 69.2 119.4 208.5 72.4 96.3 207.4 65.9 117.0 63.1 146.0 103.9 62.8 115.8 66.8 66.8 67.3
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 39.5 52.5 81.9 50.2 32.9 15.3 15.3 34.1 66.3 16.5 23.2 23.3 38.0 50.2 51.5 60.3
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . 29.6 . . 2.22 . . 7.50 . 78.1 34.8 0.80 . . . 2.39
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 20.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . 1.96 . . 80.3 283.2 . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M Steel Piling -- C & A 35.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 5,168 5,532 7,328 4,327 4,473 3,999 3,781 6,813 5,569 5,745 4,768 3,625 4,856 6,492 5,924 4,414
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 1,083 2,651 1,186 898.4 1,788 544.7 433.6 1,500 1,260 1,079 1,745 1,121 2,269 1,811 1,049 987.2
M Oil Country Goods -- S 2,203 1,634 3,390 1,561 1,160 1,472 746.0 3,159 2,609 3,430 1,643 1,237 1,151 2,423 2,556 2,021
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 712.4 478.7 1,268 622.4 487.8 669.8 1,110 1,161 680.0 610.3 483.7 242.3 542.8 969.5 941.3 557.0
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 590.7 348.5 773.8 528.1 519.0 747.1 705.8 527.8 544.0 246.0 419.5 771.5 353.2 607.3 744.1 523.0
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 117.0 159.9 144.5 194.2 143.1 158.7 144.1 107.3 115.7 114.7 207.7 110.0 140.9 152.8 145.2 147.1
M Line Pipe -- S 45.3 . 54.8 0.58 30.3 . 4.43 34.4 8.67 15.4 10.7 . 97.2 274.7 275.3 0.00
M Wire Drawn -- S 114.7 111.1 74.0 130.2 158.2 88.1 113.1 111.5 169.5 103.3 128.2 101.7 110.5 113.5 79.8 127.6
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 120.3 72.4 169.1 143.7 52.4 206.2 225.7 144.3 120.0 109.0 108.1 12.3 144.2 107.4 115.6 35.8
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 8.27 23.5 11.5 1.72 3.54 8.82 . 12.3 3.42 12.9 3.30 5.54 19.4 4.42 5.74 0.64
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 7.24 16.9 7.88 5.97 6.14 11.5 6.97 . 8.50 5.71 7.39 5.44 1.25 18.0 6.01 7.23
M Plates in Coils -- S 145.1 19.2 241.4 214.8 109.0 54.7 220.6 44.3 48.1 17.1 9.84 . 18.1 . . .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . . . . . . . . . 0.43 11.1 2.13 4.55 0.05 0.00
M Wire Rods -- S 9.98 9.99 5.86 5.04 5.71 5.50 1.95 2.41 1.81 . . 3.70 6.00 5.72 5.73 5.36
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S . 5.64 . 18.3 . 4.04 1.11 0.19 . . . 2.35 . . 0.00 1.74
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 8.33 . . 2.25 9.39 . 66.8 . . 1.11 . . . . . .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . . 27.9 . . . . . . . . . .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 1.60 . . . . . . 7.37 . . . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 23, 2013, with
Licensing data collected through May 23, 2013 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through April 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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