US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA

Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - US Dollars

Same Table - Average Unit Value
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 NOV08 DEC08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 277,642 297,508 165,510 247,663 214,676 220,440 163,873 261,950 334,487 322,481 447,406 515,664 660,013 530,736 521,413 443,078
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 265,802 284,118 154,612 231,706 195,782 203,090 141,171 242,198 314,660 303,240 430,718 504,258 645,224 512,407 505,472 424,938
M Pipe and Tube -- C & A 152,126 176,041 62,283 142,963 129,742 122,075 99,037 133,959 194,617 176,902 235,954 354,670 379,518 404,951 415,250 338,690
M Flat Products -- C & A 80,795 46,666 46,260 53,644 34,057 47,862 24,090 81,098 70,886 57,986 70,938 87,381 120,959 54,091 52,090 45,459
M Long Products -- C & A 32,744 60,945 45,472 34,453 31,633 33,119 17,997 26,926 49,008 68,187 123,448 62,119 144,547 52,998 37,737 40,362
M Semi-Finished -- C & A 135.3 465.7 595.4 644.3 349.0 33.0 45.1 213.9 147.9 163.9 376.7 87.1 199.5 365.4 392.6 426.4
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 11,840 13,389 10,898 15,957 18,894 17,349 22,702 19,751 19,826 19,241 16,688 11,405 14,788 18,329 15,941 18,140
M Flat Products -- S 7,021 8,660 6,507 10,580 15,494 13,192 18,180 13,524 14,704 15,565 12,627 7,539 9,178 7,709 7,349 3,898
M Pipe and Tube -- S 4,135 3,817 3,612 4,674 2,781 3,574 3,174 5,180 4,094 2,644 3,343 3,001 4,742 9,373 7,842 13,635
M Long Products -- S 677.7 908.9 765.9 693.2 605.9 582.6 1,342 1,042 1,016 1,001 697.1 859.9 858.1 1,242 747.6 574.4
M Semi-Finished -- S 5.02 2.55 12.5 8.50 12.5 0.16 4.54 3.40 11.7 29.6 19.2 4.63 9.34 4.09 2.35 31.8

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: January 6, 2009, with
Licensing data collected through January 6, 2009 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through November 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary 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.
Link to Annual Summary of Census Data