US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM SOUTH AFRICA

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
  SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09 OCT09 NOV09
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 11,756 3,130 4,922 9,713 7,956 4,939 1,308 3,270 392.7 1,445 1,208 386.2 735.6 2,356 281.4
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 9,976 1,477 3,640 9,045 6,453 4,796 961.2 3,110 360.7 1,262 956.6 316.3 641.9 1,723 221.9
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 695.6 771.4 493.0 835.5 630.6 39.3 776.1 315.9 236.1 91.0 669.7 216.9 295.5 159.6 39.8
M Line Pipe -- C & A 4,603 11.6 1,146 2,321 4.84 407.1 . 280.8 54.8 959.8 163.1 . 100.1 . .
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 239.4 120.2 76.4 64.3 329.9 . 123.7 84.1 65.9 43.0 104.6 22.7 70.2 50.0 .
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 187.3 131.5 . 107.4 184.3 186.4 . . . 119.3 . 72.8 73.0 . .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 13.9 113.2 25.6 . 3,965 82.3 61.3 361.2 3.81 48.8 . 3.87 70.7 8.21 2.39
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 73.5 . . 419.7 3.78 18.6 . 25.0 . . 19.1 . 32.2 6.90 49.8
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 2,983 . 1,868 2,164 . 757.9 . . . . . . . . .
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A . 36.9 30.6 636.8 1,193 2,798 . . . . . . . 1,498 129.8
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A . . . . . . . 1,899 . . . . . . .
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 1,178 292.7 . 2,494 140.6 505.9 . 143.5 . 0.20 . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 1,780 1,652 1,282 668.1 1,502 142.6 346.8 160.4 31.9 182.8 251.5 69.9 93.6 632.6 59.5
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 317.7 607.7 234.8 247.0 567.2 41.3 . . 24.9 135.0 191.7 69.7 60.2 222.6 59.5
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 524.0 459.2 339.9 304.6 662.4 68.1 346.8 139.0 . 31.5 36.2 . 16.3 243.2 .
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 615.5 548.2 661.0 82.8 204.2 30.5 . 21.4 . 16.0 22.4 0.15 17.0 166.7 .
M Plates in Coils -- S 322.8 37.5 46.3 33.7 68.6 . . . . 0.32 1.11 . . . .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S . . . . . . . . 7.05 . . . . . .
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S . . . . . 2.65 . . . . . . . . .

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
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
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