US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA

Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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'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 Wire Drawn -- C & A $1,469 $1,467 $1,504 $1,345 $1,235 $1,175 $1,109 $1,073 $1,022 $1,035 $1,101 $1,123 $1,056 $1,066 $968
M Rails All Other -- C & A $1,252 $2,189 $1,100 $958 . $805 $1,061 $965 $875 $846 . $652 $815 $799 $1,074
M Standard Pipe -- C & A $1,615 $1,516 $1,610 $1,448 $1,624 $1,875 $1,259 $2,055 $1,294 $1,807 $886 $1,082 $1,208 $1,078 $1,062
M Line Pipe -- C & A $1,144 $1,241 $1,283 $1,338 $1,370 $1,361 $1,403 $1,463 $1,073 $1,160 $821 $721 $895 $932 $844
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . $1,361 $1,241 $1,193 $1,209 $993 $989 $1,038 $1,071 $1,032 $1,103
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $1,126 $1,133 $1,135 $1,087 $1,004 $781 $774 $905 $887 $699 $773 $713 $747 $752 $793
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $1,632 $1,607 $1,624 $1,655 $1,638 $1,695 $1,533 $1,608 $1,393 $1,677 $1,462 $1,566 $1,490 $1,429 $1,664
M Tin Plate -- C & A $896 $880 $898 $985 $1,100 $1,128 $1,214 $1,205 $1,192 $1,088 $850 $888 $965 $916 $887
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,110 $1,132 $1,040 $869 $908 $709 $629 $698 $594 $654 $1,060 $702 $1,870 $666 $876
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A $1,331 $978 $1,715 $1,102 $1,094 $1,649 $957 $1,902 $634 . $1,318 $1,678 . $793 $3,358
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A $1,396 $1,474 $1,577 $1,624 $1,563 $1,666 $1,640 $1,412 $1,503 $1,345 $1,593 $4,990 $1,706 $1,757 $1,970
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A $1,569 $1,579 $1,657 $1,783 $2,023 $1,605 $1,576 $2,828 $2,121 $3,238 $1,221 $1,121 $1,292 $4,885 $1,316
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $1,253 $1,291 $1,300 $1,367 $1,247 $832 $784 $842 $2,069 $962 $1,294 $784 $846 $805 $1,548
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $1,718 $1,909 $1,991 $2,175 $1,832 $1,298 $4,465 $2,347 $2,980 $2,157 $998 $1,657 $1,429 $1,625 $1,808
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,788 $1,614 $1,893 $1,822 $1,536 $1,585 $1,551 $1,537 $1,175 $1,078 $1,072 $1,032 $1,008 $1,079 $1,208
M Tool Steel -- C & A $4,746 $4,578 $3,919 $5,545 $3,733 $5,226 $4,212 $6,523 $3,507 $4,149 $4,510 $3,246 $3,841 $2,010 $4,240
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $997 $1,131 $1,252 $1,286 $1,303 $1,296 $1,856 $1,480 $1,338 $1,327 $4,552 $1,477 $1,317 $1,291 $3,788
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $1,408 $1,522 $1,600 $1,068 $1,327 $1,064 $1,226 $1,049 $1,106 $1,466 $936 $1,262 $1,332 $1,478 $957
M Black Plate -- C & A $1,219 $1,043 $798 . $908 $726 $600 $611 $620 $546 . $516 $564 $699 .
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,495 $1,506 $1,998 $8,646 $2,233 $2,050 $2,258 $2,228 $2,454 $3,329 $2,800 $1,935 $1,608 $2,103 $1,980
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $2,304 $2,463 $1,894 $2,370 $1,865 $1,728 $2,641 $2,497 $2,191 $2,238 $1,463 $1,753 $1,387 $5,530 .
M Rails Standard -- C & A $1,081 . . $1,192 . . $785 . $965 $1,060 $827 $780 $619 $4,167 .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . $1,039 . $715 $5,854 . $6,670 $1,260 . $3,638 $1,996 $1,331 $2,960 $2,008
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $4,520 $1,369 $1,393 $1,376 $1,485 $1,070 $1,874 $1,710 $1,874 $1,874 $1,874 $1,587 $1,237 $1,874 $1,096
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $1,246 . $1,111 $1,243 $1,140 $2,348 $1,307 $1,135 . . . . $804 . .
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A $1,050 $1,372 $1,394 $1,442 $2,399 $1,227 $942 $1,222 $1,038 $1,292 $1,352 $1,208 . $996 $1,155
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $2,298 $2,676 $3,449 $2,384 $2,575 $8,975 $3,906 $2,019 $2,855 $2,498 $2,446 $2,306 $2,399 $2,871 $2,858
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $1,926 $1,445 $1,291 $1,213 $1,575 $1,117 $2,462 $1,009 $1,341 $543 $1,448 $1,255 $1,771 $2,265 $766
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $1,124 $1,124 $1,229 $1,229 $897 $1,094 . $1,490 $1,407 $1,918 $939 $359 $943 . .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . . . . . . . . . $739 . . $739 . .
M Wire Rods -- C & A $1,208 $1,049 $1,168 $1,321 $974 $975 . $776 $551 . $2,230 $1,225 . $2,753 $1,317
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,353 $1,466 $1,469 $1,780 $1,871 $1,916 $1,277 $1,579 $1,384 $4,405 $1,778 . . $3,200 $1,400
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A $1,249 $1,484 $1,799 $1,314 $959 . $1,028 $947 $2,374 . . $1,322 $1,203 $4,466 $9,614
M Steel Piling -- C & A . $4,189 . . . $725 $827 . . . . $779 . $2,351 $615
M Plates in Coils -- C & A $3,733 $2,692 . $1,576 . . . . . . . . . . .
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 Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $3,863 $3,761 $3,424 $3,190 $2,806 $2,501 $2,000 $2,179 $1,835 $2,043 $2,396 $2,421 $2,513 $2,950 $2,707
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $8,328 $6,952 $10,050 $8,501 $9,038 $8,543 $9,664 $5,390 $8,869 $6,129 $6,651 $5,162 $6,272 $5,430 $3,684
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S $5,022 $4,555 $4,377 $3,883 $2,880 $2,325 $2,430 $3,522 $1,347 $8,912 $2,640 $3,697 $2,660 $2,905 $2,894
M Wire Drawn -- S $4,482 $5,189 $4,585 $4,216 $4,149 $3,216 $2,534 $3,557 $3,263 $3,259 $2,646 $2,594 $2,124 $2,661 $2,383
M Oil Country Goods -- S $2,825 $2,753 $1,957 $2,668 $1,575 $1,779 $2,021 $4,830 $4,039 $5,418 $5,845 $5,101 $3,868 $3,286 $3,475
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $3,740 $2,876 $4,829 . $4,535 $4,339 $2,305 $6,157 $4,252 $1,622 $2,322 $2,693 $2,273 $5,267 $5,142
M Line Pipe -- S $5,952 $11,042 $11,106 $8,584 . $8,336 . $6,990 $6,177 . $6,522 $5,687 . $2,678 $3,513
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S $6,709 $5,153 $6,309 $5,264 $5,569 $5,062 $3,642 $5,700 $3,873 $5,592 $2,867 $3,037 $3,134 $3,264 $2,448
M Wire Rods -- S $2,450 $2,863 $1,674 $2,363 $2,180 $2,103 $2,032 $1,632 $1,519 . $1,744 $14,827 $1,384 $1,573 $1,893
M Plates in Coils -- S $4,025 $4,048 $4,043 $3,384 $3,158 $1,877 $2,348 $1,767 $2,445 $6,383 $2,846 $4,299 $4,230 $1,601 $2,248
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $3,080 $2,613 $4,488 $2,543 $2,242 $1,735 $1,799 $1,631 $2,546 $4,123 $1,960 $14,007 . $4,512 .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $19,780 $19,342 $27,562 $8,955 $12,689 $26,156 $22,738 $10,008 $21,544 $12,175 $33,665 $10,874 $12,496 $5,601 $5,103
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . . . . . . $7,242 $4,143 . . $30,761 $6,147
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S $4,375 $5,567 $4,947 $7,054 $4,667 $9,409 $4,426 $11,677 . $17,780 $7,698 . $2,240 $10,703 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S $13,765 $4,378 . . . . . . . . $8,133 . . . .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $5,965 . . . . . $2,810 . $2,641 $3,372 . . . $5,179 $3,198
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . . . . . $6,677 . . . . . $1,311 .

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
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