US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM WORLD

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
  SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 OCT08 NOV08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 2,166,546 2,516,339 2,106,868 1,817,588 2,419,196 2,252,849 2,332,179 2,702,525 2,268,814 2,476,551 2,638,789 2,310,852 2,674,915 2,688,807 2,691,426 1,928,827
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 2,090,509 2,441,062 2,033,074 1,744,173 2,336,651 2,166,107 2,243,699 2,611,246 2,177,715 2,389,365 2,542,842 2,226,981 2,603,831 2,609,994 2,612,198 1,848,855
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 321,793 749,652 313,537 348,474 408,530 491,765 403,963 670,189 402,592 539,563 590,893 438,335 439,520 548,800 516,322 127,840
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 147,552 114,743 171,902 90,800 193,894 133,794 199,844 171,527 207,309 236,157 284,014 289,382 428,530 451,427 408,089 476,139
M Line Pipe -- C & A 198,356 250,407 277,497 196,646 277,392 263,219 248,313 255,591 244,650 257,202 255,925 169,805 253,012 251,924 243,302 203,931
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 187,398 171,400 237,800 175,386 219,120 225,957 173,798 246,790 238,641 223,417 218,168 206,031 239,696 166,707 221,524 117,337
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 142,169 144,116 101,445 85,992 135,159 102,648 151,644 104,324 197,727 123,255 147,047 132,566 179,810 154,648 136,455 94,012
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 96,951 95,817 90,528 81,913 105,327 81,710 100,034 105,722 82,213 124,677 127,992 151,140 98,197 146,701 173,086 65,908
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 56,883 66,355 69,959 67,680 71,144 57,831 77,132 101,929 69,316 70,913 81,674 86,564 133,296 110,921 115,557 136,784
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 93,650 109,127 68,632 66,899 73,853 60,778 103,821 92,718 70,846 104,017 87,937 89,376 109,982 94,579 85,801 73,101
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 115,048 96,319 75,175 104,851 87,199 57,764 109,505 80,532 67,699 88,141 95,766 96,490 101,784 85,677 88,487 113,081
M Wire Rods -- C & A 89,833 69,791 64,423 63,973 87,139 70,502 75,402 145,798 66,256 107,118 85,280 70,449 87,637 105,354 129,728 77,884
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 75,617 96,425 84,488 75,028 99,127 95,303 82,156 77,235 92,299 78,612 78,235 59,178 81,664 101,143 90,468 65,763
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 72,649 29,621 26,228 20,872 45,873 32,830 27,039 24,791 22,819 34,810 47,240 43,882 76,052 45,219 48,981 32,790
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 114,663 55,408 60,888 49,804 115,313 108,264 110,462 157,383 51,307 60,723 79,308 75,503 52,870 34,294 33,343 19,931
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 51,635 55,097 51,047 48,897 55,381 52,263 51,779 58,912 57,977 58,360 57,623 53,167 47,743 44,421 44,438 28,416
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 46,400 45,845 52,728 34,811 45,828 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,276 33,944 48,172 43,793 45,761 42,700
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 44,199 49,443 39,736 29,594 37,242 37,731 40,596 39,708 40,518 46,996 42,337 38,596 43,291 30,425 30,784 20,539
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 42,599 61,582 53,693 44,340 111,800 92,913 57,137 61,638 72,447 43,429 45,762 36,403 38,521 30,125 30,368 15,381
M Tin Plate -- C & A 47,237 42,202 33,965 34,044 28,758 22,508 27,943 13,203 20,152 21,364 20,821 18,934 30,769 35,545 35,341 25,992
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 17,771 17,242 14,470 9,870 15,500 11,869 12,154 16,960 12,951 12,619 16,072 13,523 17,419 14,963 15,586 13,660
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 13,512 19,607 22,026 14,294 19,097 14,414 17,421 25,654 14,414 16,537 17,131 13,436 13,578 17,939 23,956 9,844
M Rails Standard -- C & A 24,636 18,377 13,251 7,119 11,695 21,208 21,969 20,281 23,311 12,177 28,244 16,699 9,752 18,272 13,112 17,536
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 7,546 6,151 8,362 8,718 12,690 17,352 9,533 7,736 8,513 7,335 9,924 11,473 9,379 12,878 13,574 9,998
M Tool Steel -- C & A 9,378 11,715 17,017 13,925 15,537 12,528 13,997 15,026 12,755 11,703 12,294 9,803 11,769 10,679 11,505 8,993
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 15,324 12,789 20,199 11,185 16,460 11,816 16,408 13,605 12,348 15,978 14,973 11,293 9,647 8,693 8,277 5,390
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 5,991 8,700 9,868 6,502 11,600 5,275 10,926 9,512 5,337 7,268 11,859 9,674 8,954 9,999 12,256 8,107
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 10,932 11,423 11,005 13,573 10,229 11,171 10,847 9,894 9,642 8,991 10,659 10,696 8,762 8,705 8,783 7,436
M Steel Piling -- C & A 9,497 5,213 3,483 6,488 7,038 6,169 7,863 10,835 4,631 7,824 8,572 10,496 10,172 6,401 6,433 11,260
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 6,695 8,042 10,065 6,377 5,488 8,761 7,166 12,544 9,315 10,429 9,500 9,899 3,281 6,215 6,849 5,199
M Rails All Other -- C & A 8,818 2,177 17,442 16,023 1,980 8,578 16,301 1,646 4,269 2,271 4,426 13,175 3,093 2,824 2,868 6,157
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 5,967 5,791 5,525 4,113 4,384 4,540 3,375 5,040 4,610 2,665 2,938 3,563 3,655 3,110 2,254 1,539
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 4,445 4,984 1,601 1,564 2,283 1,614 530.9 518.0 1,825 520.2 1,171 839.8 544.2 3,166 3,990 2,041
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 1,457 1,471 2,212 1,158 1,047 1,168 1,357 1,417 1,368 1,238 1,440 1,183 1,493 1,393 1,388 836.0
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 1,108 1,215 774.3 755.6 1,328 513.4 1,195 571.6 898.4 409.5 559.5 329.7 879.0 1,297 1,300 1,238
M Black Plate -- C & A 2,359 2,615 455.1 1,810 1,959 4,532 1,183 816.6 2,194 5,038 683.2 872.4 470.7 1,076 869.9 1,240
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 424.2 187.4 1,632 677.3 241.2 182.5 322.6 424.1 261.1 345.6 85.5 267.8 423.1 665.0 1,346 834.2
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 76,037 75,276 73,793 73,415 82,544 86,741 88,480 91,279 91,098 87,186 95,947 83,871 71,084 78,812 79,228 79,971
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 22,666 21,089 21,608 24,426 31,398 33,553 32,750 35,159 32,194 30,156 32,181 26,450 21,154 22,952 22,511 13,068
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 12,871 12,024 11,025 9,495 10,858 8,675 11,281 11,602 10,943 10,845 10,838 10,724 10,345 10,447 10,999 9,425
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 7,647 7,809 9,908 7,923 8,757 11,164 9,211 8,671 8,327 8,813 9,769 7,593 6,550 11,215 9,501 6,750
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 5,756 7,428 6,158 6,673 5,929 7,033 6,847 7,776 6,811 8,014 8,277 6,851 6,134 5,965 5,890 6,138
M Oil Country Goods -- S 4,090 3,798 3,267 3,245 3,831 2,439 2,182 2,428 5,428 4,013 4,656 5,081 5,022 6,739 5,398 10,740
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 6,334 4,393 6,569 5,291 5,066 5,466 6,006 4,497 6,085 5,686 5,780 5,190 4,511 4,238 4,440 4,361
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 3,251 3,616 2,798 2,879 3,686 3,620 3,151 3,218 3,706 3,763 4,670 4,063 3,218 2,852 3,133 2,346
M Wire Drawn -- S 3,112 3,638 3,137 2,941 3,054 3,057 3,214 3,674 3,971 3,312 3,202 3,844 3,085 3,150 3,094 2,629
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 1,185 2,767 2,007 2,640 2,410 2,530 3,596 2,760 2,815 2,629 3,211 3,064 2,395 2,942 2,876 1,455
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 2,298 1,579 1,838 2,059 1,381 2,044 4,220 2,813 3,861 2,273 2,095 3,123 2,285 2,507 2,525 1,806
M Plates in Coils -- S 3,061 2,513 761.6 720.6 802.6 3,037 1,437 2,174 2,736 2,522 4,079 1,622 2,273 1,606 1,537 1,288
M Wire Rods -- S 2,089 1,690 1,610 1,631 1,965 1,782 1,852 2,762 2,124 1,824 2,789 1,617 1,860 1,913 1,904 11,930
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 155.1 1,680 1,372 1,542 2,051 965.9 1,470 2,102 842.6 1,379 2,653 2,839 927.8 1,458 2,111 2,237
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 284.2 318.7 673.9 495.0 539.2 599.5 709.8 575.4 769.2 863.1 954.2 972.2 894.0 603.6 622.1 769.2
M Line Pipe -- S 841.4 704.9 767.4 1,302 534.5 418.7 49.3 740.0 57.6 623.6 179.5 503.6 130.9 10.4 2,464 4,859
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 156.4 128.3 117.6 66.3 92.4 188.9 103.4 166.1 260.7 255.4 541.0 236.4 146.1 173.9 183.4 137.0
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 234.9 95.3 171.7 81.5 184.9 161.8 393.8 155.6 160.0 206.1 64.8 89.6 147.6 32.8 32.4 24.2

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 25, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through November 25, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through October 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data
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