US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA

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

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  MAR12 APR12 MAY12 JUN12 JUL12 AUG12 SEP12 OCT12 NOV12 DEC12 JAN13 FEB13 MAR13 APR13 APR13 MAY13
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 98,203 129,788 157,060 178,606 109,025 148,998 93,174 119,875 144,304 154,397 153,165 130,808 123,263 96,344 113,927 150,306
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 89,553 120,980 144,679 164,415 94,533 132,917 80,456 110,125 132,747 144,845 143,515 122,787 114,647 87,906 105,752 142,444
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 7,356 10,697 29,707 22,888 14,180 27,662 9,313 8,204 36,707 45,147 46,076 20,786 34,954 18,842 13,229 64,735
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 20,762 21,489 22,583 27,599 18,915 18,647 7,617 23,272 14,056 15,981 22,827 25,491 19,745 17,160 16,982 12,098
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 17,378 13,802 26,052 26,647 10,642 27,572 2,357 17,746 40,363 33,581 19,773 36,219 16,849 8,100 20,517 10,284
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 8,557 7,630 9,298 10,285 10,427 9,564 9,825 10,757 9,415 10,098 11,048 10,014 6,951 10,976 10,983 11,122
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 6,485 16,677 12,570 9,968 5,282 7,368 13,829 6,470 5,465 5,295 5,371 6,322 8,728 823.0 1,171 9,057
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 3,662 2,471 1,440 5,233 2,385 1,135 44.3 4,111 1,874 5,568 6,386 4,959 5,954 474.5 5,124 6,777
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 5,217 4,712 8,783 7,488 5,850 6,308 6,787 3,957 3,288 3,212 4,055 3,583 2,418 3,948 3,842 2,959
M Line Pipe -- C & A 5,978 3,273 5,086 4,316 4,906 6,537 4,459 6,053 9,574 1,313 4,913 3,599 3,074 2,435 1,374 2,120
M Rails All Other -- C & A 847.3 397.4 5,191 8,712 226.6 125.2 372.4 13,347 178.6 1,047 1,326 . 1,099 6,618 11,390 379.6
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 447.7 429.8 127.2 734.0 477.0 636.6 852.3 531.8 1,553 487.5 2,100 2,438 3,376 1,146 1,206 3,437
M Tin Plate -- C & A 1,551 2,094 617.1 1,393 1,692 1,493 2,578 4,593 1,245 1,986 2,339 1,168 5,169 456.6 3,302 4,201
M Tool Steel -- C & A 3,987 2,574 3,329 4,516 3,659 7,080 2,347 2,373 896.7 4,078 2,050 1,515 1,530 2,123 2,239 1,565
M Wire Rods -- C & A 235.8 21,902 4,086 20,913 . 6,975 16.3 . . 4,952 6,711 . 16.7 4,375 4,373 980.3
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 27.1 1,061 1,605 2,786 2,320 415.9 1,215 238.0 1,132 1,268 . 2,230 39.9 1,261 1,242 1,178
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 1,447 1,474 2,939 1,992 645.8 991.5 1,499 623.9 1,402 556.7 1,876 674.4 619.9 2,042 1,995 1,168
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 255.2 628.3 687.5 1,910 476.2 215.6 1,909 102.5 307.4 3,480 905.0 98.4 468.8 1,977 1,972 3,693
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 378.4 3,190 1,516 329.0 1,520 1,364 346.8 1,399 1,373 339.4 334.4 846.2 962.9 716.6 678.1 2,008
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 1,766 650.6 1,854 515.9 1,055 685.9 1,146 530.3 521.5 877.9 843.3 631.3 432.4 774.9 664.9 448.2
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 1,204 1,258 778.3 547.2 676.1 1,215 5,802 1,870 1,053 875.8 885.5 423.7 284.2 952.2 966.4 443.7
M Plates in Coils -- C & A . 147.0 . 199.0 21.7 643.8 . . . . . . . 1,442 1,266 22.1
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 266.6 2,548 1,682 1,432 2,282 4,183 5,791 707.1 67.6 912.9 . 819.1 46.5 424.2 296.0 447.1
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 50.4 . 238.3 39.3 152.0 171.1 373.3 220.5 129.5 162.1 97.6 331.2 560.6 227.0 236.8 280.2
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 486.9 525.5 373.7 658.6 420.0 246.0 148.5 234.8 243.1 234.3 436.7 53.8 180.2 208.7 209.2 286.3
M Rails Standard -- C & A 61.0 . 251.5 389.9 156.0 162.8 578.8 40.7 81.4 2,090 149.6 203.9 214.7 . . 538.0
M Black Plate -- C & A 316.7 221.6 158.6 433.8 280.6 302.5 410.7 384.8 296.9 324.2 786.0 . 392.6 . . 340.6
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 20.4 338.5 2,003 1,174 4,211 19.1 . 1,358 505.9 . . 21.9 287.9 23.4 17.4 77.6
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 71.8 32.4 47.7 3.00 34.0 34.3 19.9 9.48 103.0 139.1 83.5 81.9 74.1 77.0 73.0 758.0
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 346.6 240.7 1,309 726.7 709.8 724.8 183.5 530.8 237.1 707.5 1,202 116.3 60.3 38.2 99.8 733.3
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 20.4 18.2 33.6 226.5 224.3 82.1 17.6 22.0 302.2 14.5 687.0 61.8 27.9 106.6 141.6 144.3
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 313.7 464.0 236.7 262.5 626.1 229.9 473.1 239.3 47.6 30.2 131.9 49.7 61.5 11.0 17.2 38.3
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 18.2 . 17.0 58.4 11.5 25.1 . 84.4 71.6 13.3 23.7 16.4 19.5 83.6 83.6 0.01
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . . 43.8 . 39.5 15.0 40.7 55.1 17.1 . . 14.5 6.72 27.5 22.5 18.0
M Steel Piling -- C & A 28.6 13.9 19.3 19.8 21.0 65.3 80.3 41.5 231.6 66.2 72.1 8.10 19.6 14.4 1.25 97.0
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . 8.70 . 9.62 3.34 11.3 15.0 7.93 . . 16.9 4.70 15.0 4.47 19.4 .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 3.58 3.48 6.50 1.00 0.22 1.87 1.63 2.08 1.41 0.79 1.87 . 0.92 9.73 10.0 2.26
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 8,650 8,807 12,380 14,191 14,492 16,081 12,717 9,749 11,556 9,551 9,649 8,020 8,615 8,438 8,174 7,861
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 3,683 5,590 6,420 8,363 9,244 9,140 6,834 6,133 5,244 6,148 5,111 2,404 4,794 5,300 4,747 4,408
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 1,396 1,238 2,047 2,141 2,196 1,835 2,171 1,450 1,555 1,715 1,838 1,231 1,530 1,461 1,689 1,386
M Plates in Coils -- S 2,148 68.4 1,577 728.2 318.1 2,128 219.2 95.2 2,990 363.2 499.0 2,142 10.9 . . 43.2
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 511.3 389.5 580.8 1,065 829.8 692.6 714.1 502.4 578.4 349.5 179.2 587.1 950.3 441.6 442.3 510.0
M Wire Drawn -- S 382.7 779.5 718.6 541.1 475.9 792.7 502.8 449.8 276.1 403.9 520.5 459.5 311.8 546.9 660.7 608.4
M Line Pipe -- S 44.4 110.1 284.8 170.5 498.6 551.9 393.6 220.7 213.6 91.2 281.4 197.5 468.2 137.6 136.5 295.9
M Wire Rods -- S 189.4 104.2 256.3 457.9 165.7 186.4 631.9 298.0 133.6 67.0 570.7 271.0 254.5 218.4 153.1 241.9
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 116.0 200.9 136.5 166.5 272.8 225.9 205.2 197.3 158.5 148.3 167.2 256.8 85.9 152.0 166.1 114.0
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 67.2 174.3 204.8 181.5 198.2 256.9 283.1 210.7 187.7 166.5 410.8 246.1 84.5 62.6 81.9 152.3
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 36.3 12.6 6.41 185.8 75.9 52.9 651.0 58.3 89.8 23.8 48.7 149.7 77.7 69.8 69.9 61.4
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 13.0 52.6 25.6 30.6 26.6 6.40 4.32 9.08 13.1 6.43 8.57 38.9 9.56 33.2 14.6 15.1
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- S . . . . . 24.3 . 52.8 6.61 48.8 . 31.9 27.1 . . .
M Oil Country Goods -- S 34.6 47.8 81.2 148.3 17.6 40.7 102.6 20.7 17.1 18.9 1.54 3.55 8.32 2.26 1.66 14.2
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 0.05 . . 8.22 . . 0.08 . 0.37 . 0.03 . 0.01 9.28 9.33 .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 25.6 18.4 18.4 0.79 0.17 1.40 2.74 25.1 22.7 . 11.6 . . 1.35 0.19 2.87
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 1.29 19.9 21.4 . 77.9 121.7 . 19.6 58.6 . . . 1.35 . 0.36 6.47
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . 88.1 22.4 . 5.60 8.51 . . . . . . 0.18
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . . . 5.30 . . . . . . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 23, 2013, with
Licensing data collected through May 23, 2013 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through April 2013
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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