U.S. Exports of Steel Mill Products
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Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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Product Month
  JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $4,103 $3,875 $3,546 $3,840 $3,402 $3,577 $4,017 $4,269 $5,116 $4,155 $4,066 $3,672 $3,339 $3,505 $3,820
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $3,722 $3,409 $3,353 $3,453 $2,943 $3,185 $3,918 $4,040 $4,536 $4,116 $4,143 $4,118 $3,141 $4,588 $3,828
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $3,940 $4,155 $4,440 $3,923 $3,385 $4,068 $3,589 $4,020 $3,607 $3,805 $3,025 $3,287 $3,300 $2,456 $2,715
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $9,486 $6,152 $5,062 $5,642 $5,233 $4,490 $9,247 $10,063 $7,783 $9,855 $9,777 $9,063 $7,261 $8,605 $10,363
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $2,042 $1,440 $1,451 $1,267 $1,104 $1,935 $2,160 $1,384 $1,812 $1,249 $1,466 $2,680 $1,530 $2,600 $2,369
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $3,506 $1,607 $2,240 $2,448 $3,137 $2,144 $1,989 $5,212 $2,403 $1,624 $1,459 $1,102 $1,300 $1,553 $2,510
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $2,795 $1,767 $1,633 $3,720 $2,582 $1,687 $1,681 $3,596 $9,987 $11,029 $8,130 $10,546 $11,832 $9,804 $8,029
Wire Drawn -- C & A $2,431 $1,625 $919 $911 $1,127 $1,232 $2,299 $2,501 $1,673 $1,784 $1,955 $1,370 $1,455 $1,255 $2,188
Line Pipe -- C & A $1,093 $1,756 $1,733 $1,061 $1,719 $2,907 $1,751 $982 $883 $2,086 $6,026 $2,182 $2,516 $1,334 $6,599
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $1,723 . $1,723 $1,723 $838 $1,557 $1,199 $1,121 $1,382 $1,496 $1,674 $1,182 $1,192 $548 $1,715
Plates in Coils -- C & A $1,554 $1,726 $767 $861 $632 $1,190 $1,009 $986 $1,521 $1,532 $981 $1,020 $571 $634 $868
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $649 . $3,072 . $684 $775 $999 . . $792 $751 $853 $1,395 $1,532 $1,599
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $1,254 $1,758 $1,903 $1,786 $1,912 $1,313 $1,638 $1,323 $2,491 $1,846 $1,809 $2,115 $2,717 $2,712 $2,272
Tin Plate -- C & A $985 . $1,185 . $821 . . $697 $639 $697 $674 $766 $927 $1,074 $950
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $834 $1,719 $1,749 $1,684 $1,349 $1,508 $3,238 $1,735 $992 $1,646 $790 $808 $1,396 $1,557 $828
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A . $989 $1,112 $4,978 . $1,618 . . $1,790 $760 . $685 $1,780 $1,781 $1,537
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $739 $749 $496 $573 $1,426 $681 $997 $780 $1,278 $773 $1,315 $1,753 $1,568 $1,932 $2,282
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,475 $1,108 $1,295 $1,345 $1,348 $1,381 $1,410 $1,176 $1,301 $1,185 $1,124 $1,093 $1,031 $895 $1,374
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $2,304 $2,430 $1,678 $1,312 $1,265 $2,574 $3,858 $2,267 $2,760 $1,650 $1,187 $1,716 $1,752 $965 $1,720
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A . $660 $661 $661 $702 $851 $519 $519 $909 $675 $519 . $983 $661 $2,054
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . . . $1,192 . . . $621 . . . $885 $686 $621 $698
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $11,609 $22,569 $1,392 $4,531 $5,223 $2,596 $1,495 $1,470 $1,661 $2,217 $2,377 $3,537 $3,165 $5,866 $3,429
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,786 $2,280 $1,688 $1,350 $1,749 $1,571 $1,297 $1,558 $1,905 $2,606 $1,506 $1,830 $2,023 $1,958 $2,007
Rails All Other -- C & A . . . . . . . $1,369 $759 . . . $1,791 $2,130 $759
Tool Steel -- C & A $5,912 $4,384 $3,629 $13,951 $6,807 $9,092 $25,513 $3,111 $9,277 $33,947 $5,464 . $4,470 $8,021 $10,925
Standard Pipe -- C & A $2,877 $2,349 $2,042 $2,128 $2,193 $1,975 $5,954 $2,707 $1,953 $1,073 $2,061 $3,230 $10,862 $2,458 $3,927
Black Plate -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $563
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $1,183 . $3,602 $880 . . $1,327 $724 . $724 $796 $683 . . $388
Wire Rods -- C & A $1,637 $2,655 $1,167 $4,353 $1,654 $1,281 $924 . $1,447 . $756 $1,235 $2,259 $1,082 $1,278
Tin Free Steel -- C & A $838 $728 $920 . $728 $728 . $728 $1,050 $2,427 . $558 . . $650
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . . . . $3,111 . . . . . . . $2,756 $45,886
Steel Piling -- C & A $2,632 . . . . . $2,631 . . $7,293 $9,178 $27,125 $10,330 . .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $1,449 $968 . $673 $668 $755 $1,473 $730 $1,149 . $983 . . $3,920 .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . . $622 . . . . . $622 $622 $622 . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $6,815 $7,809 $5,045 $8,592 $11,554 $10,061 $5,873 $6,005 $8,477 $4,518 $3,828 $3,077 $3,526 $2,608 $3,800
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $7,742 $4,265 $4,133 $6,553 $4,564 $2,694 $3,450 $5,391 $3,721 $5,750 $3,008 $3,159 $2,554 $2,763 $3,907
Plates in Coils -- S $14,428 $10,236 $1,889 $5,143 $3,313 $2,332 $3,215 . . . . $4,587 . $2,409 $3,420
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $6,043 $7,589 $4,855 $11,225 $11,221 $9,264 $4,751 $1,139 $2,368 $1,110 $1,093 $7,105 $4,789 $1,516 $3,237
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . $4,536 $1,888 . $5,941 . . $5,193 . $2,341 $24,221 $1,881 $7,187 $2,255 $2,745
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- S $19,320 $12,975 $6,817 $17,170 $17,731 $17,629 $14,970 $18,404 $18,692 $15,302 $21,541 $18,359 $20,359 $13,061 $19,318
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $2,263 $3,718 $2,792 $3,973 $5,079 $5,295 $2,803 $12,875 $3,240 $8,606 $3,231 $3,351 $7,144 $6,599 $6,582
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $7,234 $23,625 $5,494 $10,247 $7,482 $6,240 $9,257 $7,232 $8,239 $9,635 $11,114 $6,412 $5,983 $7,000 $6,585
Line Pipe -- S $3,354 $7,408 $1,598 $2,173 $11,062 $10,757 $5,002 $10,664 $9,154 $9,819 $4,445 $4,564 $3,523 $2,174 $4,310
Wire Rods -- S $31,746 $24,869 $15,001 $26,769 $14,587 $13,637 . $6,316 $21,996 $2,576 $2,809 $20,806 $2,337 $11,318 $8,042
Oil Country Goods -- S $850 $3,827 $6,149 $7,349 $2,879 $2,492 . $2,857 $1,258 $2,698 $3,017 $6,465 $1,374 $2,440 $3,060
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $4,825 $5,316 $4,504 $4,948 $8,647 $13,985 $5,963 $5,249 $3,983 $13,631 $4,688 $3,794 $33,705 $5,547 $7,532
Wire Drawn -- S $7,717 $10,637 $8,207 $9,672 $6,045 $8,019 $6,446 $6,615 $7,490 $7,265 $6,628 $6,039 $8,568 $7,110 $8,737
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S $4,328 $3,626 $4,627 $15,729 $3,981 $20,933 $5,913 $5,220 $10,863 $3,194 . $6,294 $7,609 $5,734 $3,448
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $7,276 $8,201 $6,483 $5,015 $13,226 $9,653 $19,478 $9,353 $16,307 $21,233 $16,645 $17,558 $10,096 $8,792 $6,616
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $6,440 $6,443 $10,487 $20,906 $14,026 $7,514 $6,442 $14,862 $11,321 $8,125 $10,700 $6,446 $37,994 $7,047 $23,759
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . . . . . . . . $3,303 . $3,304 $3,303 . $17,400 $3,303

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 16, 2009, with
Census data collected through September 2009
Data listed in order of descending volume exported during last THREE Months of the reported period
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
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