US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM WORLD

Quantity in Metric Tons
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

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  DEC10 JAN11 FEB11 MAR11 APR11 MAY11 JUN11 JUL11 AUG11 SEP11 OCT11 NOV11 DEC11 JAN12 FEB12
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 1,697,813 1,920,348 1,673,469 2,236,483 2,312,441 2,688,874 2,454,459 2,377,037 2,233,115 2,053,239 2,122,910 1,923,688 1,872,561 2,553,798 1,204,932
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 1,618,384 1,835,722 1,596,890 2,145,563 2,226,200 2,594,845 2,363,565 2,277,197 2,144,058 1,989,844 2,046,066 1,842,586 1,798,463 2,464,100 1,164,954
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 323,670 368,298 356,585 527,216 544,915 847,097 492,571 463,059 556,794 513,478 388,875 414,473 431,358 528,556 297,694
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 149,800 210,791 164,161 217,288 189,630 225,983 242,670 240,223 240,981 230,891 245,537 217,231 182,982 281,056 140,878
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 192,558 196,237 152,459 197,026 224,279 233,329 204,671 293,509 159,116 145,221 228,439 174,185 172,978 194,048 84,935
M Line Pipe -- C & A 82,170 119,103 116,148 122,011 186,628 165,889 195,463 128,153 155,842 160,112 170,842 136,405 125,113 208,925 58,035
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 75,358 89,836 69,975 101,086 139,652 117,409 129,827 147,070 108,793 106,066 110,843 104,351 101,323 112,849 75,996
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 85,307 95,734 78,740 99,884 102,743 103,366 113,789 113,967 95,768 84,637 102,090 86,318 90,863 99,319 56,790
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 80,321 67,428 47,889 70,137 94,144 142,766 144,112 106,452 111,106 91,067 98,373 105,218 72,955 90,173 61,615
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 62,131 56,821 59,175 63,761 69,602 70,620 86,215 97,103 116,078 101,478 106,048 89,245 68,490 112,943 26,376
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 78,453 62,698 57,307 117,297 92,511 77,293 94,974 102,418 76,487 72,517 86,414 77,279 67,997 115,089 37,040
M Wire Rods -- C & A 70,886 96,489 61,800 82,118 74,404 106,292 106,894 81,228 64,143 58,640 65,473 40,153 61,561 64,036 73,611
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 50,347 70,563 52,469 70,163 64,487 73,666 66,952 79,419 61,827 55,128 58,446 54,431 47,349 73,998 24,745
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 37,514 46,274 37,052 52,712 54,578 39,136 48,572 49,093 41,874 40,958 56,539 42,111 49,348 53,778 19,412
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 32,259 46,298 75,476 56,490 85,931 49,238 49,207 26,096 49,172 29,653 29,317 32,328 65,047 151,154 74,957
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 20,354 31,307 32,508 45,428 49,314 32,385 52,789 52,594 26,644 36,073 51,791 34,415 37,849 51,694 34,107
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 39,133 44,169 41,139 49,140 47,402 50,819 48,950 46,279 45,514 38,603 44,154 40,855 37,670 44,866 13,145
M Tin Plate -- C & A 55,373 32,355 20,908 40,152 26,204 29,803 30,808 36,283 25,758 38,850 28,917 29,852 25,708 41,726 8,899
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 20,737 27,703 20,735 31,415 23,650 30,080 41,273 32,881 32,300 26,866 31,808 21,665 22,102 33,052 10,270
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 37,879 33,594 24,858 57,871 44,242 52,824 61,782 40,096 39,296 36,651 30,509 21,609 19,464 55,924 11,812
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 14,393 17,215 16,196 24,980 17,641 20,121 30,375 18,275 21,716 22,581 21,036 20,957 20,629 20,814 18,087
M Tool Steel -- C & A 11,932 15,947 11,583 12,167 10,820 14,435 12,449 13,628 14,777 10,242 13,413 12,666 13,608 13,803 6,920
M Rails Standard -- C & A 21,674 22,784 19,726 20,518 13,628 21,368 18,642 29,212 15,448 30,869 8,092 17,967 9,880 27,216 705.9
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 12,715 10,435 10,737 15,191 12,847 10,091 14,777 11,460 8,816 7,751 8,259 12,440 9,574 12,096 3,961
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 8,192 12,205 11,189 8,771 8,357 11,290 12,466 9,863 8,727 8,168 10,406 9,808 9,737 11,579 2,417
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 5,820 10,331 8,332 8,415 7,950 7,809 7,074 8,303 8,864 9,568 9,714 10,598 6,166 10,152 3,979
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 7,145 9,361 9,122 9,568 9,004 8,195 10,104 8,221 8,092 7,534 8,037 6,871 9,085 7,824 2,146
M Steel Piling -- C & A 5,535 11,612 5,633 6,985 4,716 14,061 11,090 9,531 7,704 1,593 6,833 5,978 8,735 5,098 1,481
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 5,982 8,985 7,088 9,233 6,734 6,916 9,947 6,876 8,317 7,380 8,338 5,667 6,949 18,200 7,131
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 9,957 6,466 10,396 8,171 6,546 4,946 11,384 10,209 10,376 4,224 5,346 4,080 5,718 7,366 2,106
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 2,844 5,207 4,926 5,827 4,361 4,765 4,825 4,913 5,705 4,405 5,941 4,801 4,269 6,847 1,415
M Black Plate -- C & A 4,822 5,887 7,606 8,132 1,148 2,877 1,544 1,488 2,650 1,525 1,298 2,001 4,029 4,422 2,512
M Rails All Other -- C & A 9,041 1,084 883.4 2,526 1,685 12,115 1,803 2,418 11,998 3,049 1,477 2,085 2,838 2,464 679.6
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 761.4 593.4 596.4 404.8 1,161 1,069 247.3 3,043 410.7 421.4 739.0 797.1 3,758 37.8 37.6
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 1,978 551.1 2,081 1,292 3,127 4,565 2,179 1,656 1,362 1,928 917.3 2,174 1,792 1,140 695.7
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 1,205 1,142 1,260 1,811 1,640 1,869 2,186 1,507 1,336 1,266 1,210 1,139 1,083 1,482 301.6
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 120.4 201.0 140.0 360.4 502.1 339.6 940.3 653.4 249.5 432.4 582.1 416.3 443.2 359.5 47.7
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 79,428 84,625 76,578 90,919 86,241 94,028 90,893 99,840 89,056 63,394 76,843 81,102 74,098 89,697 39,978
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 26,188 25,882 23,574 24,259 23,716 26,707 26,728 28,249 23,427 20,205 20,245 18,338 16,894 19,360 5,935
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 8,249 8,758 8,781 8,912 10,059 9,210 10,103 10,009 11,181 8,804 9,798 8,739 10,761 14,161 3,921
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 4,603 6,735 8,522 10,803 10,274 10,220 10,069 9,657 7,567 6,122 8,645 8,275 8,239 9,001 3,848
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 7,523 7,220 7,604 9,560 8,537 9,013 8,684 8,364 8,310 6,804 8,024 7,764 8,270 8,669 3,637
M Plates in Coils -- S 2,969 7,665 5,383 9,734 5,725 4,706 5,781 13,405 7,632 1,279 3,234 12,027 5,435 12,792 6,629
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 5,126 5,374 4,876 6,259 5,401 7,282 7,053 8,011 6,694 5,409 5,134 7,353 6,777 7,224 2,146
M Wire Drawn -- S 3,707 3,508 3,291 3,813 3,404 4,062 3,511 3,601 3,486 3,228 3,349 3,956 2,879 3,559 1,439
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 3,136 2,233 2,555 3,204 3,023 3,452 3,023 3,339 2,681 2,499 2,796 2,666 3,122 3,026 1,917
M Oil Country Goods -- S 4,914 4,485 1,857 2,616 1,543 4,190 2,022 1,575 2,676 657.1 1,841 3,288 3,436 990.0 2,486
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 3,420 3,399 3,452 4,354 3,790 3,315 4,004 3,414 3,524 3,210 3,615 2,363 2,558 2,909 824.4
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 4,261 3,410 1,651 1,946 2,316 4,981 3,071 4,158 5,321 1,064 4,418 1,539 1,459 2,699 3,166
M Wire Rods -- S 2,081 2,045 1,831 1,814 2,130 2,408 2,074 2,228 1,004 1,045 1,407 2,074 1,625 1,916 624.5
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 2,311 2,437 1,484 1,981 4,391 2,691 3,039 2,426 3,441 997.8 2,643 1,116 443.5 677.1 1,055
M Line Pipe -- S 157.0 167.1 533.1 415.2 917.0 886.4 914.2 497.0 1,078 987.3 870.2 842.4 1,197 1,491 1,949
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 491.0 1,024 866.2 878.8 756.5 624.0 478.2 520.1 683.2 657.9 532.3 617.1 683.4 581.2 239.8
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 184.2 146.4 169.7 245.2 171.6 89.1 128.7 260.0 178.9 233.4 181.9 63.3 184.3 233.7 125.0
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 101.3 129.7 142.7 116.7 81.4 178.1 176.7 108.4 157.0 176.9 77.0 23.0 127.2 322.8 29.6
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- S 0.65 . . 0.95 0.80 9.59 27.6 13.1 7.74 10.1 26.0 50.6 0.91 78.2 .

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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