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 License Data
  DEC10 JAN11 FEB11 MAR11 APR11 MAY11 JUN11 JUL11 AUG11 SEP11 OCT11 NOV11 DEC11 JAN12 FEB12
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 58,404 53,325 44,550 61,527 88,417 117,192 146,960 142,437 109,253 99,013 106,017 75,991 79,667 88,174 50,793
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 46,305 41,961 34,049 53,317 75,375 104,702 130,146 127,148 98,311 89,501 97,746 67,154 71,217 79,850 47,545
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 1,670 2,028 339.7 7,319 13,378 21,259 15,489 27,942 18,736 17,604 19,964 6,956 8,345 15,325 10,160
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 3,904 2,240 4,142 5,859 3,947 4,297 11,272 11,295 8,519 10,248 11,225 9,399 8,026 7,207 5,566
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 4,703 5,702 4,127 3,983 16,776 25,931 34,066 29,849 15,935 10,687 10,121 10,330 6,626 10,309 7,740
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 2,338 3,402 1,863 4,990 6,632 7,444 9,251 14,896 4,622 3,160 10,191 2,235 8,899 7,428 6,119
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 6,526 7,261 6,416 5,102 10,351 12,649 12,458 10,605 10,338 6,779 6,830 7,175 7,127 9,530 3,855
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 3,815 4,357 2,862 1,960 3,994 3,636 6,695 7,121 5,076 6,907 8,381 5,749 5,330 5,894 2,210
M Line Pipe -- C & A 2,822 1,362 2,267 4,135 1,067 1,289 9,889 1,138 2,310 10,934 14,226 1,305 3,465 3,453 1,202
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 1,109 3,177 1,638 4,959 3,858 2,404 5,005 1,776 3,167 1,223 1,553 6,382 3,192 4,660 3,287
M Tool Steel -- C & A 1,605 1,840 898.1 1,753 1,118 2,665 1,999 1,674 2,595 2,199 1,392 2,294 1,705 2,310 1,788
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 185.0 570.6 263.7 737.0 426.1 397.1 3,018 2,890 2,046 4,587 3,060 336.6 1,746 1,286 .
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 35.2 1,330 779.7 278.2 1,643 158.1 1,313 666.5 1,332 2,589 352.5 3,297 1,190 923.8 211.7
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 1,806 1,144 646.9 1,727 1,097 707.3 2,051 1,750 1,320 2,040 999.5 1,468 2,059 2,108 753.4
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 8.11 479.0 . . 685.0 249.5 32.3 2,756 . 20.8 531.5 533.3 3,250 . .
M Tin Plate -- C & A 2,510 2,281 2,160 1,298 506.9 1,481 1,996 2,921 . . 1,659 920.7 1,279 2,155 591.8
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 1,094 37.6 1,118 1,353 2,348 988.8 1,744 1,648 1,207 2,143 2,060 751.4 968.2 161.3 117.7
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 777.6 402.6 561.1 437.8 249.4 767.0 514.4 886.9 859.6 690.1 848.1 1,433 1,214 927.6 209.4
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 349.6 179.3 220.5 1,455 87.4 22.1 2,921 1,513 290.5 2,543 122.3 2,344 121.4 331.7 24.3
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 268.6 183.0 103.4 228.9 627.1 730.2 487.6 1,050 502.1 284.0 703.5 1,150 731.8 341.1 419.2
M Rails Standard -- C & A . 40.7 188.5 83.7 209.1 274.5 . 131.9 3,014 226.9 187.4 301.2 1,877 141.7 106.6
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 587.6 1,237 436.8 697.6 784.0 1,382 941.3 650.7 2,346 1,146 612.1 875.0 757.2 1,415 1,636
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 344.0 1,086 480.9 1,770 3,445 2,176 3,781 1,259 779.2 1,071 879.0 477.0 817.5 452.8 229.7
M Rails All Other -- C & A 8,095 238.1 192.2 746.0 229.1 10,672 842.1 . 11,170 755.7 765.5 631.9 417.9 1,207 307.3
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 905.7 21.1 19.0 880.3 334.6 762.8 2,505 958.9 1,169 366.9 309.9 112.0 1,030 743.9 35.8
M Black Plate -- C & A 205.1 246.0 1,436 890.3 259.4 641.2 470.9 378.8 488.3 97.9 205.2 321.7 203.1 284.2 .
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 226.9 485.6 328.9 301.1 371.9 284.8 295.2 184.8 152.5 372.7 183.1 183.6 199.9 413.9 190.1
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 59.0 40.0 . . 554.4 952.9 468.3 283.8 34.0 33.5 . 19.6 340.2 . .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 148.4 307.2 114.6 73.7 91.3 120.9 139.1 136.0 90.0 140.4 54.6 37.5 151.4 17.1 49.8
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 6.61 98.4 114.8 120.6 85.2 172.9 147.2 245.5 10.7 75.6 133.6 37.0 55.5 187.6 37.0
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 68.7 89.4 119.1 69.4 115.3 70.0 288.8 493.2 98.6 83.8 93.4 35.2 15.2 262.3 21.3
M Steel Piling -- C & A 113.5 22.7 199.3 11.2 39.4 . . . . 369.6 . 29.1 23.6 0.62 .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 2.79 5.83 4.37 4.94 . 5.29 6.38 8.56 3.88 39.4 32.4 4.36 15.3 2.42 6.82
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . 5.68 . . 58.8 68.8 . 11.9 5.09 13.8 41.9 10.1 . 0.69 .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 4.88 . . . . 16.7 0.52 . 5.66 . . 12.7 12.5 26.9 493.6
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . 19.0 . 4.09 . 2.61 34.9 18.9 21.8 62.4 5.20 . 18.5 48.8 .
M Wire Rods -- C & A 4.75 34.1 3.06 81.7 . 17.0 17.0 . 60.2 . 16.2 . . 285.3 171.7
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 12,099 11,364 10,501 8,209 13,042 12,490 16,813 15,288 10,941 9,512 8,270 8,836 8,450 8,323 3,247
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 8,390 8,128 7,182 5,379 8,701 8,188 8,134 10,240 6,250 6,015 4,718 4,798 3,603 1,983 1,675
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 1,232 1,139 1,518 1,193 1,419 1,460 2,116 1,606 1,874 1,560 1,492 1,545 1,882 2,198 699.6
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 718.0 563.6 391.7 277.9 902.2 820.6 925.4 624.5 461.0 372.4 671.9 939.2 1,205 580.0 322.4
M Wire Drawn -- S 645.6 591.0 621.7 478.9 643.5 757.5 776.3 489.4 869.1 544.6 442.3 627.1 521.5 752.1 234.5
M Line Pipe -- S 3.91 69.8 304.1 200.5 217.2 322.1 394.0 203.3 458.1 193.4 168.8 190.2 441.9 232.9 114.3
M Wire Rods -- S 156.1 172.5 200.5 247.8 407.1 129.6 398.7 207.0 25.3 321.5 156.6 378.2 204.1 186.3 14.0
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 123.1 138.3 79.5 101.4 196.2 186.2 223.0 245.7 247.3 126.7 121.3 159.0 170.0 123.2 78.8
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 20.7 69.4 . 43.8 53.1 34.0 39.2 87.9 41.4 51.8 212.0 40.1 152.3 20.8 22.7
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 248.5 129.5 18.3 76.7 24.2 127.9 326.4 286.5 409.2 172.5 163.6 53.2 148.3 167.2 2.43
M Oil Country Goods -- S 28.9 16.3 43.4 31.5 16.3 59.0 62.9 16.9 56.6 4.58 63.1 56.2 34.8 26.4 9.11
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 4.01 5.07 13.4 8.38 16.0 28.6 7.38 4.00 9.75 4.03 13.6 24.9 10.2 8.37 3.16
M Plates in Coils -- S 3.86 124.5 104.9 143.2 315.1 359.8 3,283 932.9 187.8 84.5 18.5 10.4 10.5 2,020 70.6
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 1.24 . . . . . . . 0.50 . 4.86 9.73 19.9 19.0 .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 24.1 13.6 22.7 6.96 27.4 6.60 11.9 37.9 23.8 32.5 21.9 4.14 4.08 0.39 .
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 497.2 201.8 . . 99.4 8.95 92.5 266.2 . 26.4 . . 20.9 4.36 0.06
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . . . 19.1 2.37 0.66 1.16 6.54 . 1.17 . . 18.1 . 0.00
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- S 0.65 . . . . . . 11.5 5.08 . . . 0.91 . .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S . . . . 1.01 . 20.0 20.8 20.4 . . . . 0.01 .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: February 10, 2012, with
Licensing data collected through February 10, 2012 and
Final Census data compiled through December 2011
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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