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 Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  JUL07 AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 AUG08 SEP08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 438,974 329,863 302,984 277,642 297,508 165,510 247,663 214,676 220,440 163,873 261,950 334,487 322,481 440,215 449,466 538,562
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 418,572 313,293 283,742 265,802 284,118 154,612 231,706 195,782 203,090 141,171 242,198 314,660 303,240 424,512 429,336 526,605
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 70,127 56,340 71,952 58,557 89,952 39,070 83,801 83,515 90,910 69,096 89,496 140,662 132,765 170,273 182,011 299,142
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 7,840 6,837 11,616 4,729 13,138 13,857 8,557 16,089 7,106 3,617 3,636 25,461 34,508 72,038 66,072 27,053
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 24,224 24,589 18,071 41,998 21,060 13,862 27,228 16,150 32,522 12,657 64,524 37,747 32,636 49,014 52,610 57,709
M Line Pipe -- C & A 36,456 27,142 38,381 26,735 49,143 14,282 44,108 37,287 21,995 23,312 31,988 43,557 31,755 42,063 42,220 44,253
M Wire Rods -- C & A 72,750 44,067 26,662 8,106 820.1 3,066 14,666 1,028 14.8 . 5,481 5,776 15,172 23,878 13,700 8,224
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 17,345 13,545 12,103 10,186 10,252 8,517 8,472 6,402 7,609 11,971 14,611 14,376 15,420 14,500 15,827 11,090
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 10,359 10,075 9,326 28,404 7,890 24,715 19,358 8,012 8,586 5,934 10,667 15,404 16,565 8,172 8,840 29,246
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 82,490 90,598 47,911 48,771 20,023 2,844 6,203 3,294 3,947 2,924 7,749 4,862 7,378 9,030 9,612 9,177
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 5,619 3,711 3,235 3,964 4,236 3,024 1,827 4,604 657.9 2,788 3,010 5,346 5,886 6,206 7,367 13,619
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 24,963 9,190 14,367 8,082 9,531 4,471 7,404 2,972 4,342 2,587 3,370 3,891 3,144 6,849 5,445 14,377
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 6,591 16.6 1,417 1,457 10,897 249.6 977.2 605.6 5,212 642.6 2,391 8,955 263.0 3,506 3,711 3,517
M Rails All Other -- C & A 10,551 102.0 7,664 308.6 17,021 14,201 391.0 5,470 15,208 102.6 412.2 103.2 843.0 10,025 9,760 339.2
M Tin Plate -- C & A 2,335 1,273 2,517 2,390 2,478 2,970 1,490 4,192 520.8 923.0 28.4 2,233 1,875 1,261 2,305 594.6
M Tool Steel -- C & A 1,153 1,181 740.6 848.4 1,155 1,041 1,266 1,430 1,456 1,580 1,778 1,748 1,339 1,054 1,077 1,564
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 1,547 1,625 441.3 307.8 633.8 582.3 309.5 755.9 573.5 600.2 174.3 617.0 720.8 2,174 2,300 1,338
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 24,703 14,732 11,412 8,270 5,308 789.1 520.6 783.3 205.2 259.7 170.6 950.3 965.1 1,148 1,805 757.3
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 331.3 670.0 454.7 914.2 1,192 3,843 469.2 775.5 1,533 526.3 538.1 1,329 607.2 609.3 700.8 2,685
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 877.9 350.4 3.99 1,636 8.79 335.0 441.2 6.39 148.9 84.3 72.9 485.0 125.0 800.9 1,023 466.8
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 279.6 243.7 316.8 255.6 87.0 392.2 269.2 95.4 106.6 133.9 227.1 233.7 388.4 309.2 320.0 3.30
M Black Plate -- C & A 345.9 205.2 414.2 549.8 . 670.9 282.2 299.7 93.1 283.8 . 439.0 141.5 144.3 144.3 155.8
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 52.4 . 98.6 125.9 395.6 581.5 634.2 337.8 31.3 41.9 205.5 135.9 163.1 376.7 213.9 122.5
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 13,248 1,247 689.6 1,838 16,786 751.8 247.2 135.9 77.1 45.7 19.4 73.9 48.8 368.4 418.8 116.1
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 584.7 222.2 29.9 448.3 308.4 53.5 160.4 72.5 62.2 16.7 357.3 82.3 106.5 288.8 289.6 241.1
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 303.6 63.0 45.3 . 6.73 0.43 22.1 89.8 3.97 600.0 . 38.6 104.0 202.5 1,322 101.3
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 710.1 1,171 290.6 114.1 1,240 84.4 77.7 49.8 101.0 72.5 80.2 36.6 123.8 73.7 84.0 210.2
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 455.2 1,844 3,420 1,286 206.1 158.2 537.7 1,082 . 184.6 929.3 39.3 49.2 84.9 43.4 232.4
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 11.4 . 9.80 119.2 270.0 68.4 205.3 222.6 51.2 . 51.8 20.1 82.4 51.7 51.8 206.7
M Rails Standard -- C & A 136.0 1,869 49.6 5,061 . 68.0 17.1 . . 136.6 . 34.8 58.3 . . 0.07
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 9.65 . 5.35 9.42 70.1 13.9 10.0 11.1 1.68 3.20 8.31 12.0 0.76 . 10.5 1.08
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A . 203.4 . 86.7 . . 41.5 . . 3.92 176.8 2.46 . 1.52 . .
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 16.6 . . 19.8 . 40.1 1,706 . 8.90 . . 0.71 . 1.42 1.42 1.59
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 2,116 172.3 89.5 183.0 . 2.38 . 3.80 . . 31.6 . . . 39.6 .
M Steel Piling -- C & A 18.1 . . . . . . . . . 9.52 . . . . 0.03
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 14.0 . . 31.3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . . . . . 37.7 . . . . . 54.2
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 20,402 16,570 19,241 11,840 13,389 10,898 15,957 18,894 17,349 22,702 19,751 19,826 19,241 15,703 20,129 11,957
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 10,153 7,083 8,538 5,822 6,566 5,263 8,988 14,386 11,615 14,897 11,816 12,827 13,325 10,687 9,824 5,738
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 4,850 4,364 5,497 3,871 2,946 2,519 3,741 2,476 2,723 2,483 2,089 1,723 1,192 1,802 4,169 1,370
M Oil Country Goods -- S 739.4 700.8 1,424 232.6 869.0 1,018 897.8 268.0 837.6 585.9 3,089 2,360 1,428 899.7 823.5 1,759
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 2,212 2,501 1,877 639.7 1,188 1,095 1,280 512.3 906.5 1,646 715.6 866.9 489.7 390.8 388.6 283.2
M Plates in Coils -- S 400.0 258.7 565.5 485.9 286.0 61.3 189.5 548.4 314.6 747.1 583.3 666.7 803.7 228.5 320.7 556.4
M Wire Drawn -- S 710.7 573.5 446.2 393.9 420.9 434.0 296.9 315.1 363.3 402.0 449.9 523.3 474.6 504.6 424.8 342.9
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 30.3 387.7 180.4 49.5 576.4 82.5 76.6 12.6 355.8 543.0 221.5 266.8 434.3 491.7 25.7 197.1
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 94.0 116.6 164.7 21.7 19.8 4.93 36.5 26.9 0.28 346.0 188.2 55.9 512.7 322.3 377.1 53.2
M Wire Rods -- S 451.3 353.8 417.3 175.9 281.3 144.9 234.4 135.4 151.6 785.5 464.2 240.7 334.4 90.8 90.8 356.5
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 170.0 97.9 80.2 91.4 179.3 142.5 108.7 132.9 57.2 124.3 86.2 187.3 122.7 76.9 75.5 37.8
M Line Pipe -- S 578.1 89.4 18.8 31.0 1.67 74.8 35.2 36.7 12.9 104.9 2.15 10.0 23.9 175.7 3,585 1,219
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 6.28 25.8 21.5 16.4 15.7 44.3 51.9 22.4 10.3 22.5 29.2 64.6 47.3 8.92 0.18 10.2
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 5.46 3.45 6.04 5.02 2.55 12.5 8.50 12.5 0.16 4.54 3.40 11.7 29.6 19.2 19.6 5.00
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . . . 2.38 23.4 . 8.89 7.52 . . . 19.8 . 2.97 4.08 26.2
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S . 12.2 . . 11.5 . 1.13 . . 7.78 13.1 . 22.2 . 0.40 .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . . 1.85 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: September 30, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through September 30, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through August 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data
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