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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  JUN07 JUL07 AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 JUL08 AUG08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 2,766,185 2,982,876 2,400,465 2,166,546 2,516,339 2,106,868 1,817,588 2,419,196 2,252,849 2,332,179 2,702,525 2,268,814 2,476,551 2,577,982 2,713,055 2,143,809
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 2,650,886 2,882,187 2,304,423 2,090,509 2,441,062 2,033,074 1,744,173 2,336,651 2,166,107 2,243,699 2,611,246 2,177,715 2,389,365 2,484,560 2,615,162 2,053,520
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 562,942 722,311 520,300 321,793 749,652 313,537 348,474 408,530 491,765 403,963 670,189 402,592 539,563 590,660 644,276 388,943
M Line Pipe -- C & A 213,285 263,146 204,477 198,356 250,407 277,497 196,646 277,392 263,219 248,313 255,591 244,650 257,202 253,763 261,220 178,214
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 146,557 146,369 124,467 147,552 114,743 171,902 90,800 193,894 133,794 199,844 171,527 207,309 236,157 280,055 287,087 293,444
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A 200,457 181,618 174,769 187,398 171,400 237,800 175,386 219,120 225,957 173,798 246,790 238,641 223,417 215,444 229,284 155,397
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 157,075 143,983 136,809 142,169 144,116 101,445 85,992 135,159 102,648 151,644 104,324 197,727 123,255 140,900 145,840 143,330
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 102,788 95,148 99,343 96,951 95,817 90,528 81,913 105,327 81,710 100,034 105,722 82,213 124,677 94,262 129,207 142,426
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 142,641 127,194 137,343 93,650 109,127 68,632 66,899 73,853 60,778 103,821 92,718 70,846 104,017 87,818 90,140 83,907
M Wire Rods -- C & A 150,679 138,325 107,255 89,833 69,791 64,423 63,973 87,139 70,502 75,402 145,798 66,256 107,118 84,049 79,311 48,074
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 89,830 132,240 88,048 115,048 96,319 75,175 104,851 87,199 57,764 109,505 80,532 67,699 88,141 94,480 108,612 71,530
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 99,610 101,543 79,002 75,617 96,425 84,488 75,028 99,127 95,303 82,156 77,235 92,299 78,612 77,775 75,496 61,220
M Plates in Coils -- C & A 73,159 79,290 55,250 56,883 66,355 69,959 67,680 71,144 57,831 77,132 101,929 69,316 70,913 79,294 81,222 81,364
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 199,914 264,191 105,102 114,663 55,408 60,888 49,804 115,313 108,264 110,462 157,383 51,307 60,723 78,817 87,906 62,807
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 63,334 61,233 57,289 51,635 55,097 51,047 48,897 55,381 52,263 51,779 58,912 57,977 58,360 57,559 58,449 50,526
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 58,589 57,483 72,533 42,599 61,582 53,693 44,340 111,800 92,913 57,137 61,638 72,447 43,429 45,750 44,399 33,601
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 62,231 63,777 47,602 46,400 45,845 52,728 34,811 45,828 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,259 46,572 31,722
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 59,899 61,938 53,898 44,199 49,443 39,736 29,594 37,242 37,731 40,596 39,708 40,518 46,996 42,335 43,371 34,383
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 40,448 58,593 29,387 72,649 29,621 26,228 20,872 45,873 32,830 27,039 24,791 22,819 34,810 47,240 42,075 45,088
M Rails Standard -- C & A 35,954 12,856 29,161 24,636 18,377 13,251 7,119 11,695 21,208 21,969 20,281 23,311 12,177 28,244 17,474 17,129
M Tin Plate -- C & A 52,987 31,656 36,856 47,237 42,202 33,965 34,044 28,758 22,508 27,943 13,203 20,152 21,364 20,779 20,638 19,834
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 21,167 15,248 19,039 13,512 19,607 22,026 14,294 19,097 14,414 17,421 25,654 14,414 16,537 17,077 17,708 12,054
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 18,328 23,057 14,552 15,324 12,789 20,199 11,185 16,460 11,816 16,408 13,605 12,348 15,978 14,973 17,053 8,727
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 9,983 17,068 19,528 17,771 17,242 14,470 9,870 15,500 11,869 12,154 16,960 12,951 12,619 16,062 16,066 15,729
M Tool Steel -- C & A 10,086 11,731 10,525 9,378 11,715 17,017 13,925 15,537 12,528 13,997 15,026 12,755 11,703 12,294 11,930 9,497
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 11,522 10,345 12,581 10,932 11,423 11,005 13,573 10,229 11,171 10,847 9,894 9,642 8,991 10,658 9,723 9,711
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A 9,610 7,764 10,709 6,695 8,042 10,065 6,377 5,488 8,761 7,166 12,544 9,315 10,429 9,500 9,813 7,554
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 13,347 7,836 10,960 7,546 6,151 8,362 8,718 12,690 17,352 9,533 7,736 8,513 7,335 9,933 10,537 10,681
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 11,502 6,216 8,595 5,991 8,700 9,868 6,502 11,600 5,275 10,926 9,512 5,337 7,268 11,715 13,066 7,553
M Steel Piling -- C & A 10,871 6,712 6,523 9,497 5,213 3,483 6,488 7,038 6,169 7,863 10,835 4,631 7,824 8,572 6,072 10,256
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 7,606 6,620 6,601 5,967 5,791 5,525 4,113 4,384 4,540 3,375 5,040 4,610 2,665 2,675 2,237 2,344
M Rails All Other -- C & A 3,271 12,470 1,474 8,818 2,177 17,442 16,023 1,980 8,578 16,301 1,646 4,269 2,271 1,665 4,316 13,261
M Black Plate -- C & A 3,105 6,929 16,104 2,359 2,615 455.1 1,810 1,959 4,532 1,183 816.6 2,194 5,038 683.2 602.5 906.4
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 1,829 2,019 2,557 1,457 1,471 2,212 1,158 1,047 1,168 1,357 1,417 1,368 1,238 1,440 1,405 1,094
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 2,840 2,508 3,009 4,445 4,984 1,601 1,564 2,283 1,614 530.9 518.0 1,825 520.2 1,171 1,220 819.8
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 1,441 2,008 1,403 1,108 1,215 774.3 755.6 1,328 513.4 1,195 571.6 898.4 409.5 559.5 394.9 149.7
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 1,980 747.6 1,356 424.2 187.4 1,632 677.3 241.2 182.5 322.6 424.1 261.1 345.6 85.5 424.0 227.7
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 115,298 100,689 96,041 76,037 75,276 73,793 73,415 82,544 86,741 88,480 91,279 91,098 87,186 93,421 97,893 90,288
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 34,853 29,717 23,450 22,666 21,089 21,608 24,426 31,398 33,553 32,750 35,159 32,194 30,156 31,722 30,273 24,817
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 13,066 14,099 14,176 12,871 12,024 11,025 9,495 10,858 8,675 11,281 11,602 10,943 10,845 10,835 10,642 13,656
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 10,930 9,352 9,641 7,647 7,809 9,908 7,923 8,757 11,164 9,211 8,671 8,327 8,813 9,769 10,323 8,199
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 7,308 7,140 7,645 5,756 7,428 6,158 6,673 5,929 7,033 6,847 7,776 6,811 8,014 8,253 7,985 7,323
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 10,157 9,507 9,660 6,334 4,393 6,569 5,291 5,066 5,466 6,006 4,497 6,085 5,686 5,668 5,717 4,884
M Oil Country Goods -- S 9,741 4,102 7,743 4,090 3,798 3,267 3,245 3,831 2,439 2,182 2,428 5,428 4,013 3,191 5,225 5,934
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 3,185 3,758 3,450 3,251 3,616 2,798 2,879 3,686 3,620 3,151 3,218 3,706 3,763 4,295 4,547 4,120
M Wire Drawn -- S 3,335 3,509 3,934 3,112 3,638 3,137 2,941 3,054 3,057 3,214 3,674 3,971 3,312 3,181 3,095 3,814
M Plates in Coils -- S 8,571 6,286 3,994 3,061 2,513 761.6 720.6 802.6 3,037 1,437 2,174 2,736 2,522 4,026 4,089 1,410
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 2,685 1,855 1,959 1,185 2,767 2,007 2,640 2,410 2,530 3,596 2,760 2,815 2,629 3,211 3,163 3,091
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 963.6 2,107 2,823 2,298 1,579 1,838 2,059 1,381 2,044 4,220 2,813 3,861 2,273 2,085 1,950 2,557
M Wire Rods -- S 1,904 2,526 2,088 2,089 1,690 1,610 1,631 1,965 1,782 1,852 2,762 2,124 1,824 2,789 2,664 1,650
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 1,455 2,435 1,425 155.1 1,680 1,372 1,542 2,051 965.9 1,470 2,102 842.6 1,379 2,653 1,881 3,121
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S 546.4 465.6 386.0 284.2 318.7 673.9 495.0 539.2 599.5 709.8 575.4 769.2 863.1 954.2 926.1 1,027
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 377.1 173.3 302.0 156.4 128.3 117.6 66.3 92.4 188.9 103.4 166.1 260.7 255.4 541.0 564.4 246.5
M Line Pipe -- S 6,143 3,494 3,288 841.4 704.9 767.4 1,302 534.5 418.7 49.3 740.0 57.6 623.6 177.0 4,698 4,408
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S 74.3 157.0 70.9 234.9 95.3 171.7 81.5 184.9 161.8 393.8 155.6 160.0 206.1 64.8 142.5 23.2

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: September 2, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through September 2, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through July 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data
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