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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  NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09 OCT09 NOV09 DEC09 DEC09 JAN10
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 2,183,803 1,874,759 2,148,659 1,441,355 1,396,705 1,115,594 939,062 782,093 899,397 884,631 1,099,006 1,475,030 1,249,178 1,266,392 1,248,896 1,394,611
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 2,110,094 1,814,790 2,086,259 1,397,943 1,349,472 1,073,551 899,043 741,573 857,101 846,253 1,055,693 1,423,409 1,196,681 1,211,055 1,193,309 1,337,372
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 158,181 186,097 183,890 92,009 54,659 90,392 10,185 40,325 86,236 135,425 163,727 340,432 323,768 243,546 196,378 319,177
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 138,091 137,436 137,299 151,646 140,557 118,487 102,875 75,413 82,954 121,466 148,335 166,189 179,153 141,203 126,181 122,581
M Line Pipe -- C & A 232,739 205,688 258,580 130,362 162,139 140,297 105,981 101,030 104,691 42,572 84,799 117,883 101,099 91,334 106,843 119,691
M Wire Rods -- C & A 96,663 93,443 78,378 38,822 35,857 27,365 25,390 42,371 33,350 68,685 70,224 111,598 58,359 89,690 90,557 69,935
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 108,878 112,357 92,146 86,290 109,996 104,671 79,481 50,566 61,442 53,491 76,275 82,795 67,158 72,846 74,111 77,327
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 68,969 57,995 92,410 102,129 85,861 95,382 52,318 45,204 40,923 59,637 73,344 69,864 71,754 80,622 84,651 65,301
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 109,481 74,942 94,119 60,818 40,274 34,912 32,001 27,816 34,980 31,999 44,529 63,648 54,173 75,257 73,047 71,540
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 143,366 47,867 54,913 83,432 63,980 42,170 51,440 28,399 49,331 56,923 57,001 74,013 35,568 34,768 40,221 30,310
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 506,839 417,652 461,293 247,499 228,111 103,381 133,593 33,983 35,131 15,399 27,767 37,347 37,619 50,405 63,830 96,674
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 33,944 32,526 33,021 27,986 32,399 30,009 29,915 31,638 33,823 34,492 34,449 46,622 39,822 38,079 38,301 37,473
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 89,537 92,532 102,625 42,822 56,748 42,773 34,387 35,183 42,005 34,619 35,172 33,371 35,498 43,103 45,604 50,142
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 118,283 71,250 102,194 65,313 33,825 23,726 24,895 23,776 20,968 23,128 33,703 36,621 25,009 33,959 34,792 31,146
M Tin Plate -- C & A 29,001 22,212 19,414 15,750 21,698 22,900 25,068 28,636 29,125 21,111 23,045 27,350 30,546 28,331 28,442 26,184
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 25,395 36,487 97,864 37,247 15,959 18,554 15,660 21,037 18,836 16,659 24,341 34,020 15,050 20,204 21,341 29,281
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metallic Coat -- C & A 36,655 18,374 38,980 28,174 23,048 20,412 22,020 9,092 20,123 18,040 26,906 18,138 20,969 24,495 26,215 28,587
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 22,780 12,448 49,212 28,645 91,889 28,361 40,840 18,968 29,540 21,436 14,612 30,023 7,327 19,615 16,703 20,175
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 50,455 50,719 45,257 26,347 38,362 27,398 25,247 23,237 24,140 16,996 21,844 18,039 16,720 18,171 19,059 21,394
M Rails Standard -- C & A 18,540 13,889 20,622 24,538 23,832 10,494 17,697 30,927 32,788 1,765 11,825 31,517 2,309 17,567 17,994 31,024
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 25,174 19,554 28,208 23,600 18,808 18,791 18,075 18,853 19,190 17,380 17,406 15,775 15,513 18,952 19,215 19,301
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 8,631 7,744 7,229 6,365 7,217 7,500 6,208 7,443 5,258 6,358 8,075 9,352 9,040 7,866 8,228 7,330
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 6,373 7,224 5,915 4,718 6,597 6,299 4,103 6,652 6,432 5,089 6,182 8,538 6,350 11,012 9,550 7,754
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 12,395 13,130 15,579 22,101 10,100 11,639 6,058 6,310 7,500 7,168 7,509 7,633 8,356 7,521 8,542 8,511
M Steel Piling -- C & A 6,611 8,612 5,374 608.1 1,126 5,153 608.8 6,941 692.3 4,668 6,223 7,415 4,734 5,803 5,577 7,122
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 4,281 7,290 6,581 6,501 5,596 5,584 4,769 5,676 10,691 4,731 6,615 4,261 3,821 6,952 7,586 7,153
M Tool Steel -- C & A 10,419 10,736 8,387 7,036 5,768 3,290 3,569 2,172 2,776 1,867 3,062 4,364 3,489 5,766 5,565 5,121
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 15,367 10,645 17,503 5,971 8,773 9,694 5,446 5,672 5,889 6,465 5,585 3,807 4,538 5,270 3,936 7,835
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 12,376 9,464 7,281 5,742 6,170 5,847 3,809 4,231 4,148 2,962 4,068 3,222 4,121 5,175 4,775 4,521
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 10,174 9,073 7,747 11,019 7,997 3,980 5,699 2,162 2,778 3,111 4,072 3,178 3,244 4,326 6,295 6,025
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 2,047 2,600 2,330 2,682 3,083 2,857 2,792 4,064 3,622 3,679 4,551 3,575 3,432 3,016 3,198 3,666
M Rails All Other -- C & A 1,263 18,365 2,956 1,913 968.4 2,022 783.1 652.8 425.4 2,683 7,572 3,909 464.4 2,546 2,531 1,380
M Black Plate -- C & A 1,610 771.8 1,309 6,080 5,593 5,774 3,779 1,074 4,789 2,195 605.1 3,772 1,432 1,331 1,776 1,069
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 831.7 1,097 1,526 777.8 920.3 1,390 813.7 250.3 129.0 293.0 301.1 795.7 4,690 631.5 484.7 1,135
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 1,290 1,214 970.4 660.5 574.3 756.2 1,669 1,252 1,048 1,253 1,259 1,631 1,053 839.4 1,023 641.7
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 2,118 1,567 4,694 1,884 528.8 220.1 746.9 8.64 564.7 2,204 271.7 2,336 302.3 578.6 598.6 818.6
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 1,319 1,776 433.9 443.6 442.4 1,052 1,106 543.1 767.3 291.0 423.9 360.2 183.0 256.2 141.6 30.5
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 73,708 59,968 62,400 43,412 47,233 42,042 40,019 40,520 42,296 38,378 43,312 51,621 52,497 55,336 55,587 57,238
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 16,366 11,992 13,994 9,495 10,374 11,268 10,960 13,520 13,647 13,722 14,821 17,252 16,065 17,304 17,379 18,044
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 10,841 9,568 9,988 6,542 7,844 7,166 6,040 6,243 6,209 5,576 5,829 6,627 6,271 6,950 7,281 7,012
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 7,354 7,728 6,542 7,057 4,879 4,586 5,066 5,527 4,300 4,611 3,881 5,009 4,213 6,734 6,438 4,214
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 4,527 3,132 4,428 1,935 1,120 1,236 1,106 1,741 2,046 1,798 4,368 5,629 4,118 4,354 4,343 3,145
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 6,329 5,637 5,388 4,834 5,513 4,780 4,459 3,721 4,116 3,228 3,431 3,359 4,251 4,197 4,153 3,680
M Wire Drawn -- S 3,052 2,216 2,612 1,943 2,096 2,134 2,251 2,206 2,338 2,210 2,440 2,958 2,635 3,004 3,278 2,905
M Oil Country Goods -- S 11,502 10,783 9,820 5,340 6,893 3,187 2,672 1,133 1,546 1,253 1,990 1,397 4,503 1,761 1,419 6,066
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 2,967 2,310 2,174 1,811 2,456 1,795 1,600 1,592 1,987 1,897 1,912 1,943 2,005 2,572 2,524 3,183
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 1,869 1,429 1,918 1,150 1,631 1,693 1,667 766.0 1,097 991.5 952.9 1,655 1,538 2,177 2,093 1,355
M Plates in Coils -- S 1,346 829.2 808.9 766.0 367.5 1,359 1,697 1,012 892.4 269.3 998.6 1,187 1,902 1,664 2,003 1,739
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 2,229 1,762 2,115 1,336 1,234 745.7 238.5 528.3 591.3 523.4 408.4 1,103 1,731 1,643 1,618 2,076
M Wire Rods -- S 2,110 822.1 997.8 584.1 685.2 1,014 608.6 811.1 1,172 791.5 1,200 1,175 1,551 1,262 1,329 1,814
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 2,276 1,142 389.6 47.0 1,284 297.0 656.7 562.8 839.1 751.8 203.9 880.5 637.3 718.8 418.6 142.3
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 750.0 318.2 493.1 204.1 680.4 448.4 592.3 348.1 351.1 513.6 622.9 815.5 707.1 574.3 607.9 505.7
M Line Pipe -- S 24.8 212.2 547.2 283.5 35.4 146.3 294.9 638.5 729.2 60.9 55.4 422.7 67.5 60.2 122.5 861.2
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 137.8 74.0 164.7 72.6 107.1 95.4 91.9 55.2 56.5 139.3 85.1 57.0 197.2 214.4 186.5 34.2
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 22.1 7.12 14.0 6.91 26.5 86.5 13.3 110.2 373.1 37.4 108.0 145.0 98.1 142.3 388.2 455.9

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: February 2, 2010, with
Licensing data collected through February 2, 2010 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through December 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
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