US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA

Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
Same Table - Metric Tons

Same Table - US Dollars

'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 $1,388 $1,389 $1,545 $1,560 $1,551 $1,599 $1,540 $1,483 $1,448 $1,329 $1,342 $1,408 $1,365 $1,326 $1,114
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products $1,323 $1,327 $1,485 $1,501 $1,490 $1,544 $1,489 $1,397 $1,383 $1,168 $1,112 $1,229 $1,088 $1,083 $972
M Long Products -- C & A $1,255 $1,174 $1,351 $1,304 $1,360 $1,461 $1,513 $1,313 $1,254 $1,136 $1,360 $1,121 $1,011 $1,064 $1,146
M Pipe and Tube -- C & A $1,376 $1,441 $1,543 $1,583 $1,546 $1,651 $1,609 $1,456 $1,488 $1,527 $1,007 $1,853 $1,231 $1,277 $949
M Flat Products -- C & A $1,157 $1,154 $1,194 $1,088 $1,020 $834 $843 $1,002 $912 $885 $937 $832 $1,076 $857 $927
M Semi-Finished -- C & A $2,304 $2,463 $1,878 $2,370 $1,753 $1,752 $2,641 $2,512 $2,063 $2,238 $1,508 $1,873 $1,355 $5,222 $2,008
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products $4,262 $4,054 $3,336 $3,768 $3,392 $3,291 $2,728 $3,995 $4,254 $4,525 $4,400 $3,793 $3,349 $3,385 $3,011
M Flat Products -- S $3,856 $3,823 $3,658 $3,326 $2,828 $2,427 $2,036 $2,264 $1,914 $2,551 $2,403 $2,520 $2,582 $2,907 $2,752
M Pipe and Tube -- S $5,387 $4,400 $3,090 $4,092 $3,763 $3,610 $2,957 $5,292 $6,534 $6,115 $6,615 $5,162 $5,232 $5,191 $3,568
M Long Products -- S $3,812 $4,453 $2,970 $3,774 $4,267 $3,405 $2,824 $4,010 $3,154 $3,557 $2,536 $2,670 $2,188 $2,408 $2,313
M Semi-Finished -- S $19,780 $19,342 $27,562 $8,955 $12,689 $26,156 $22,738 $10,008 $21,544 $9,895 $12,547 $10,874 $12,496 $6,302 $5,117

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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