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

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  DEC10 JAN11 FEB11 MAR11 APR11 MAY11 JUN11 JUL11 AUG11 SEP11 OCT11 NOV11 DEC11 JAN12 FEB12
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 130,508 149,276 117,709 162,327 174,507 172,803 142,963 161,443 158,324 146,483 147,378 139,567 151,496 209,392 126,123
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 123,137 143,850 112,417 157,350 170,050 163,641 137,397 155,566 153,304 143,693 142,684 133,826 145,371 205,101 121,292
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 37,835 32,090 157.2 59,926 72,219 37,501 30,835 35,040 72,742 36,176 36,610 35,035 35,207 72,009 36,573
M Line Pipe -- C & A 1,775 7,075 10,128 10,484 11,495 22,387 14,574 12,886 8,396 21,664 18,837 22,141 27,987 18,125 6,678
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 11,532 6,872 9,502 9,666 12,941 16,903 9,791 11,652 15,025 4,712 8,971 12,953 16,603 10,290 7,382
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 11,331 13,578 14,668 12,831 15,515 17,448 12,637 14,674 9,767 11,638 12,091 12,153 12,556 14,317 10,536
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 3,290 2,636 5,585 4,731 5,395 1,074 1,181 7,468 1,821 4,693 6,872 4,686 17,259 20,264 24,005
M Wire Rods -- C & A 5,377 10,038 9,426 9,465 9,091 9,641 12,884 8,882 5,993 12,062 12,000 8,092 8,200 7,688 12,627
M Rails Standard -- C & A 11,977 22,112 17,062 12,776 6,290 15,019 12,039 25,719 792.3 23,598 7,067 11,159 5,138 22,510 577.7
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 1,474 3,370 3,178 731.3 3,461 1,644 3,765 1,057 2,048 752.1 5,895 2,664 3,041 5,031 984.5
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 7,368 8,745 11,235 7,132 6,523 12,818 8,842 6,483 7,813 4,079 4,657 3,610 2,816 4,231 5,363
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 4,209 4,276 3,262 3,679 4,170 2,988 2,418 3,091 2,773 2,202 3,374 3,691 3,000 3,801 1,054
M Tool Steel -- C & A 3,447 4,024 3,840 2,509 2,369 3,442 2,873 4,253 3,508 1,622 3,569 1,787 3,323 2,974 1,344
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 1,801 2,404 688.3 4,454 4,566 4,458 1,063 2,440 1,319 713.1 4,464 2,553 330.6 254.0 2,072
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 2,713 2,384 2,973 1,959 2,126 1,499 1,888 1,743 2,518 2,167 2,367 2,226 2,490 1,219 1,236
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 1,595 1,894 742.1 1,326 1,144 3,735 3,684 2,306 2,409 2,023 2,146 1,590 1,826 2,252 650.3
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 1,419 1,343 1,969 2,562 1,725 1,713 3,832 2,714 370.1 2,592 2,307 1,404 1,495 3,617 525.4
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 2,562 4,049 3,935 3,172 2,085 3,534 1,707 1,640 3,214 3,876 1,911 1,734 1,437 2,775 1,325
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 1,463 1,085 1,506 2,687 1,545 492.4 1,334 2,643 1,207 1,662 2,600 1,504 814.6 1,655 824.5
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 5,513 3,896 3,764 2,123 2,508 1,108 4,534 5,632 6,266 1,991 1,429 668.1 870.3 2,711 1,541
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 387.8 3,600 197.3 1,890 1,057 274.9 3,285 808.5 644.6 2,813 2,500 185.6 . 1,565 2,707
M Black Plate -- C & A 3,518 5,203 6,076 294.1 37.6 2,036 552.5 524.6 2,023 255.4 716.4 1,129 224.1 3,798 2,512
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 227.9 804.8 929.7 322.6 2,411 943.6 1,550 346.5 542.0 399.0 520.6 1,328 137.7 1,649 197.1
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 382.4 549.5 467.0 356.3 483.2 695.0 966.6 2,476 612.4 531.0 459.2 279.0 . 1,100 0.03
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 554.8 4.81 19.1 0.07 21.3 529.1 98.3 164.9 380.2 313.3 339.0 201.1 134.6 224.6 44.7
M Rails All Other -- C & A 241.2 309.3 219.3 1,389 154.4 803.4 205.1 107.9 141.0 76.7 418.8 148.8 46.6 430.3 65.9
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 314.7 215.3 177.3 164.3 127.3 118.3 137.5 131.4 186.2 160.1 97.7 194.2 157.8 165.3 59.0
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 183.5 254.9 193.3 219.4 238.1 212.2 144.0 262.6 238.6 303.5 161.9 169.4 101.3 140.5 9.17
M Tin Plate -- C & A 565.8 894.9 443.3 188.4 18.7 420.2 423.8 178.6 318.1 406.0 24.8 274.6 89.2 24.1 351.4
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 20.6 122.3 46.3 87.3 93.1 95.1 41.5 148.4 120.5 125.0 176.8 61.0 18.4 75.4 8.36
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 48.2 12.6 17.6 103.5 100.4 98.4 101.8 83.8 73.2 38.2 57.2 44.8 61.8 76.8 25.9
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 2.76 . . . 124.6 . . . . . . 153.4 . . .
M Steel Piling -- C & A . . . . . . . . 35.2 37.9 35.2 . . 35.0 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . . . 110.5 5.23 1.60 . . . . . . . 84.0 6.30
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . . . . . . . . 2.00 . . . . .
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.06
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 7,370 5,426 5,292 4,976 4,457 9,162 5,565 5,877 5,019 2,790 4,693 5,740 6,124 4,290 4,830
M Oil Country Goods -- S 2,721 2,117 1,803 1,981 1,439 3,945 1,653 1,524 2,220 490.3 1,753 3,227 3,375 712.9 2,453
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 760.6 448.3 1,004 730.1 848.2 807.7 503.7 657.4 718.3 486.9 633.6 503.0 1,189 1,236 606.2
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 3,098 1,929 1,339 1,508 1,052 3,283 1,905 1,783 205.4 616.1 1,095 368.6 666.9 1,251 1,185
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 306.5 525.0 463.5 163.4 295.1 415.2 688.3 1,008 419.3 374.0 467.9 801.6 355.4 475.4 313.8
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 82.7 54.3 82.1 186.4 316.5 232.2 365.8 332.8 474.9 366.4 302.9 269.0 58.0 252.2 19.0
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 308.9 192.4 327.5 260.6 297.4 242.9 154.7 271.8 154.7 187.8 203.3 204.0 185.6 137.3 133.1
M Line Pipe -- S 5.43 . . . 59.7 2.97 0.20 . 6.90 28.0 . 161.9 199.3 143.4 0.00
M Wire Drawn -- S 63.8 89.0 176.7 96.6 106.4 139.2 102.5 116.6 146.7 78.4 73.4 106.7 62.5 58.0 37.0
M Plates in Coils -- S . . 35.8 . . 38.8 146.3 149.8 380.3 133.6 135.5 57.9 . . 41.6
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 10.0 10.1 4.34 21.9 9.78 14.4 11.2 4.32 17.9 8.27 13.2 10.7 15.7 6.75 4.36
M Wire Rods -- S 4.13 10.0 5.98 7.20 7.88 15.7 4.69 9.64 6.31 6.76 7.37 7.76 8.57 7.74 14.7
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 0.23 . . . . . 0.57 0.49 . . . 12.4 7.25 . .
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 4.55 4.94 4.04 17.9 11.5 14.1 4.94 15.3 10.7 13.8 6.84 3.19 0.51 0.04 7.20
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 3.83 31.1 . . . . . . 2.63 . . 6.01 . 0.28 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S . . 20.7 . . . 13.1 . . . . . . . .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . . . . . 254.1 . . . . . .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . 12.7 23.4 2.40 12.6 10.2 10.8 2.22 . . . . . 8.53 13.8

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: February 10, 2012, with
Licensing data collected through February 10, 2012 and
Final Census data compiled through December 2011
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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