US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM KOREA

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 223,183 152,802 210,279 102,086 235,614 137,540 122,411 64,150 106,800 36,338 68,242 78,350 58,261 105,178 85,624
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 220,214 148,646 207,347 99,693 232,179 135,636 120,185 62,630 105,046 34,196 66,080 76,659 56,012 103,112 84,358
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 60,625 32,048 55,897 28,191 28,044 29,330 27,103 28,268 29,077 7,622 247.7 27,662 25,728 27,950 55,188
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 6,012 3,860 687.2 42.3 5,381 15,994 . 177.6 24,232 25.9 15,712 13,911 64.4 24,874 8.34
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 24,439 8,383 13,533 1,850 15,973 5,888 5,541 8,202 4,759 1,340 9,047 8,266 4,903 5,142 2,908
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 6,276 11,677 9,539 1,082 8,501 9,450 6,758 3,284 15,034 1,564 8,405 5,480 5,527 13,731 3,186
M Line Pipe -- C & A 25,292 28,552 48,103 27,714 68,383 23,047 27,592 9,016 13,553 4,426 9,606 3,209 3,990 2,929 3,539
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 10,721 2,953 3,819 206.4 9,597 2,947 2,925 2,362 2,918 3,703 3,376 3,303 3,231 10,239 2,106
M Tin Plate -- C & A 3,396 1,486 1,456 2,820 99.7 323.7 1,690 1,643 350.5 712.1 6,973 79.7 358.0 3,156 717.6
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 33,156 25,739 32,313 17,852 49,890 13,347 28,254 . 4,358 2,735 4,127 1,992 1,266 . 7,208
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 11,624 12,531 14,391 4,506 6,344 5,765 2,025 4,293 1,444 1,177 2,001 1,690 1,500 2,013 2,842
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 2,322 1,789 1,936 1,692 1,523 1,436 1,707 692.0 783.7 813.0 1,212 1,466 1,760 2,133 1,077
M Wire Rods -- C & A 3,070 697.7 1,326 2,325 736.6 208.0 5,602 76.7 1,282 5.79 . 3,985 . . .
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 1,536 1,918 2,526 1,381 5,429 431.5 1,200 761.4 923.4 735.3 2,246 1,574 154.6 841.3 358.3
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 3,086 2,721 4,213 1,858 21,168 15,476 2,161 552.4 2,166 4,768 637.2 84.3 3,193 2,202 3,034
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 2,501 2,889 3,551 613.2 6,360 237.4 2,511 437.8 1,118 1,376 533.7 485.1 1,589 986.2 455.5
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 11,493 5,036 7,254 2,544 1,252 3,334 191.6 70.8 115.2 6.12 424.0 564.2 922.9 306.4 8.27
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 1,172 1,059 1,270 458.1 568.9 299.9 549.8 480.8 523.5 539.7 778.0 416.5 585.9 457.4 82.9
M Black Plate -- C & A . . . . . . . . . 46.3 57.8 1,422 . 25.5 12.7
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 1,155 824.0 318.7 461.5 256.6 70.8 735.8 222.8 776.9 1,448 128.0 550.0 399.2 374.9 291.2
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 1,392 2,012 1,491 12.1 1,251 1,286 1,510 227.2 91.1 108.2 120.7 213.8 192.5 440.7 101.1
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 533.8 . . . . . 96.1 . 339.2 475.2 . . 402.0 3,677 586.4
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 620.7 234.6 168.9 116.9 52.3 45.4 113.4 7.96 75.3 98.3 28.2 218.0 34.2 196.1 178.2
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 8,814 744.5 2,463 3,718 1,019 6,549 1,321 1,488 512.2 209.7 153.8 15.0 38.9 411.0 313.8
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 100.9 . . . 54.2 . 108.9 . 32.5 . 21.7 . 129.9 110.6 .
M Rails All Other -- C & A 204.1 768.2 57.5 . . 42.3 254.9 . 64.4 . 49.2 53.3 . 63.4 87.2
M Tool Steel -- C & A 249.7 63.7 75.9 121.9 110.7 16.9 10.5 16.0 . 39.9 68.3 0.75 12.4 345.9 41.3
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 180.9 46.6 151.3 54.1 62.9 93.7 39.2 282.7 109.1 23.2 80.2 . . 464.4 .
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A . . . 24.0 . . . . . . . 10.5 25.6 0.00 0.09
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 211.5 601.1 729.3 . . 11.4 . . 359.2 . 23.2 2.85 . . 20.3
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . 17.5 . . 36.3 .
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . . . . . . 44.6 . . . . . . . .
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.13
M Rails Standard -- C & A 21.2 . 66.9 43.8 113.0 . 132.6 64.2 42.5 193.2 . . . . .
M Steel Piling -- C & A . 3.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 2,969 4,156 2,932 2,393 3,435 1,904 2,226 1,520 1,754 2,142 2,161 1,691 2,248 2,065 1,266
M Wire Drawn -- S 748.9 880.7 761.0 502.7 651.4 483.0 508.9 504.0 556.4 638.7 550.3 498.3 580.0 683.8 275.0
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 999.3 909.2 1,148 695.5 891.9 487.0 444.1 349.5 621.2 392.1 489.9 400.0 735.0 610.2 550.3
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 765.7 1,686 464.3 475.8 1,417 440.2 837.4 405.5 355.5 664.6 669.3 240.5 559.7 461.9 251.8
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 429.5 523.3 512.7 553.1 455.7 290.0 391.9 261.0 139.0 338.6 382.5 498.7 373.8 263.7 182.8
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 0.84 107.5 44.0 143.6 . 187.6 9.13 . 79.5 98.2 65.5 35.0 . 45.8 .
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 24.1 49.2 1.36 22.1 18.6 16.3 31.7 . 0.45 6.85 3.74 12.6 0.22 . 0.22
M Line Pipe -- S . . . . . . 2.67 . 1.33 3.13 . 5.80 . . 6.12
M Oil Country Goods -- S . . . . . . . . . . 0.29 . . . .
M Plates in Coils -- S . . . . . . . . 0.62 . . . . . .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 0.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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