US Imports of Steel Mill Products
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Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 NOV08 DEC08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products $1,378 $1,298 $1,408 $1,065 $1,351 $1,106 $1,008 $1,330 $1,341 $1,168 $1,339 $1,556 $1,503 $1,619 $1,810 $1,988
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products $1,088 $1,001 $1,148 $925 $1,084 $957 $902 $1,111 $1,137 $1,046 $1,196 $1,361 $1,358 $1,447 $1,524 $1,664
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A $3,110 $4,174 $4,345 $1,526 $3,286 $2,234 $2,040 $3,005 $1,763 $1,771 $2,736 $2,118 $2,113 $2,015 $2,236 $2,380
M Line Pipe -- C & A $1,106 $1,117 $1,311 $1,200 $1,596 $1,125 $1,096 $1,188 $1,225 $1,237 $1,229 $1,260 $1,335 $1,450 $1,465 $1,525
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $908 $902 $887 $923 $930 $948 $942 $971 $994 $993 $1,005 $1,110 $1,145 $1,195 $1,223 $1,211
M Rails Standard -- C & A $780 $722 $900 $763 $828 $789 $757 $706 $958 $868 $956 $823 $923 $983 $986 $880
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A $532 $513 . $531 . $582 $650 $655 $873 $913 $956 $1,057 $1,065 . . .
M Wire Rods -- C & A $711 $705 $627 $628 $760 $642 $663 $678 $688 $767 $728 $891 $1,022 $976 $996 $1,011
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $795 . $442 $496 $782 $442 $515 $739 $826 $713 $914 $778 $982 $1,343 $1,344 $1,230
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $851 $822 $833 $915 $935 $842 $1,007 $903 $981 $923 $1,199 $1,305 $1,235 $1,218 $1,207 $1,396
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $1,142 $1,163 $988 $998 $1,394 $877 $1,016 $1,082 $1,097 $1,226 $1,253 $1,341 $1,442 $1,248 $1,281 $1,220
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,226 $1,412 $1,226 $1,244 $1,218 $1,231 $1,260 $1,282 $1,348 $1,369 $1,362 $1,509 $1,626 $1,506 $1,520 $1,756
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A $769 $801 $535 $841 $870 $663 $755 $790 $672 $864 $783 $828 $1,120 $1,130 $1,145 $1,189
M Tool Steel -- C & A $1,344 $1,510 $1,370 $1,359 $1,376 $1,466 $1,316 $1,395 $1,623 $1,478 $1,495 $1,440 $1,628 $1,570 $1,746 $1,819
M Wire Drawn -- C & A $1,349 $1,313 $1,334 $1,362 $1,351 $1,423 $1,406 $1,497 $1,519 $1,527 $1,665 $1,750 $1,811 $1,793 $1,846 $2,186
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $2,886 $1,802 $2,666 $2,766 $2,203 $2,679 $2,885 $2,738 $3,167 $3,109 $3,138 $3,223 $3,189 $3,097 $4,706 $3,603
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $890 $1,125 $690 $1,061 $972 $1,087 $958 $1,486 $1,124 $994 $1,087 $1,391 $1,335 $1,247 $1,234 $1,229
M Standard Pipe -- C & A $1,455 $1,238 $1,413 $1,309 $1,406 $1,268 $2,395 $1,346 $1,241 $2,404 $1,502 $1,362 $2,021 $1,541 $1,621 $1,828
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A $869 $931 $893 $957 $891 $896 $936 $932 $1,005 $958 $1,010 . $1,244 $1,230 $1,230 $1,262
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $1,075 $980 $1,220 $865 $1,189 $1,277 $1,284 $1,343 $1,593 $1,080 $1,414 $1,814 $1,703 $1,729 $1,726 $1,671
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $2,056 $2,009 $1,768 $2,045 $1,669 $1,697 $1,523 $1,577 $2,180 $2,168 $1,920 $1,844 $1,872 $1,951 $2,004 $1,816
M Plates in Coils -- C & A $734 $737 $771 $841 $857 $873 $759 $952 $884 $843 $766 $831 $1,075 $1,049 $1,366 $1,195
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $1,702 $1,003 $1,111 $1,706 $1,283 $945 $1,081 $953 $1,651 $2,019 $1,819 $1,517 $1,997 $1,541 $1,699 $1,664
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $870 $1,060 $897 $1,116 $802 $815 $908 $809 $1,277 $1,152 $1,109 $1,064 $3,077 $1,306 $1,308 $1,336
M Black Plate -- C & A $731 $781 $791 $735 $735 $798 $804 $773 $907 $801 $926 $969 $1,026 $1,185 $1,095 $1,061
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A $957 $520 $1,037 . . $531 $531 . . $1,124 $1,254 . . $1,353 $1,271 $1,479
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,054 $1,404 $1,115 $1,633 $1,673 $1,249 $1,509 $2,084 $1,800 $1,696 $1,837 $1,631 $2,408 $3,094 $5,663 $4,004
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,224 $1,264 $1,542 $1,257 $1,181 $1,099 $1,244 $1,280 $1,300 $1,323 $1,227 $1,718 $1,745 $2,207 $2,169 $2,192
M Rails All Other -- C & A $4,277 . $1,240 $1,790 $979 $1,079 $1,136 $937 $1,444 $1,264 $515 $978 $1,744 $2,144 $1,451 $1,800
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $3,613 $3,082 $2,678 $3,652 $3,096 $3,506 $2,997 $3,349 $3,344 $3,203 $4,053 $4,682 $4,147 $5,107 $4,337 $5,429
M Tin Plate -- C & A $984 $983 $958 $949 $969 $979 $1,023 $1,020 $1,007 $1,047 $1,011 $1,048 $1,217 $1,340 $1,831 $1,485
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . $354 $654 $929 $741 . $1,014 $1,420 $1,482 $1,022 $1,305 $1,279 $1,691 $1,254 $1,763 $1,534
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A $4,708 $5,405 $19,466 $3,242 $18,993 $6,193 $7,300 $4,790 $2,486 $4,690 $3,323 $4,174 $3,330 $3,670 $3,738 $5,495
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . $550 . $552 . $577 . . $675 . . . . . $830 .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A . . . . $518 $518 . . . . . . . . . $1,241
M Steel Piling -- C & A . . . . $942 $725 $941 . . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products $5,865 $5,214 $4,745 $4,711 $5,212 $5,447 $4,699 $5,070 $5,778 $4,089 $4,501 $5,160 $4,476 $5,511 $6,341 $5,923
M Oil Country Goods -- S $4,678 $5,335 $4,988 $3,668 $4,597 $4,064 $4,124 $4,213 $6,052 $2,162 $3,809 $5,015 $3,961 $5,769 $6,412 $5,996
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $1,052 $1,737 $1,258 $1,355 $1,881 $1,347 $1,387 $1,541 $1,484 $1,641 $1,574 $1,572 $1,650 $1,204 $1,441 $2,012
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S $11,022 $9,238 $10,737 $9,164 $12,692 $11,158 $9,179 $14,026 $11,336 $9,154 $8,864 $9,196 $10,436 $9,630 $9,087 $10,418
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $8,447 $10,093 $7,421 $10,456 $7,877 $8,695 $7,349 $8,074 $8,248 $6,882 $7,118 $7,616 $9,709 $7,636 $12,040 $12,706
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S $7,488 $4,758 $5,664 $6,398 $6,855 $5,256 $6,326 $5,588 $5,269 $5,392 $6,157 $6,418 $6,643 $5,057 $5,334 $5,202
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $5,741 $2,960 $2,465 $5,086 $3,286 $6,250 $7,047 $6,930 $4,647 $5,849 $6,992 $4,272 $6,088 $3,355 $4,376 $6,641
M Wire Drawn -- S $13,992 $6,546 $4,508 $12,300 $8,055 $11,262 $10,231 $13,281 $11,728 $10,922 $10,003 $8,809 $11,289 $11,935 $14,595 $13,815
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S $8,419 $4,449 . $4,927 $5,069 $4,021 $4,298 $4,026 $4,601 $5,836 $4,817 $4,922 . $9,991 $14,355 $68,104
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S $8,287 . . $4,793 $4,591 $4,454 $4,523 $4,150 $4,532 $5,392 $5,121 $5,096 $5,374 $5,278 $5,508 $5,791
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S $6,137 $5,875 $9,498 $5,367 $5,179 $5,905 $3,188 $6,902 $7,014 $8,670 $6,177 $7,162 $6,003 $19,147 $22,665 $32,820
M Wire Rods -- S . . $2,464 $2,555 $2,791 $2,537 . $1,999 $2,527 $3,020 $3,351 $2,298 $3,339 $2,660 $2,660 $2,531
M Line Pipe -- S $13,927 . $8,280 . $3,429 . $4,682 $4,562 . . . $5,543 $5,321 $7,112 $7,044 .
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S $3,961 $2,240 . . $11,165 . $68,246 . $3,858 . . . $2,240 . . .
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $2,430 $2,323 $3,577 $2,273 $2,634 $2,205 $2,211 $2,748 $2,512 $2,295 $1,726 $2,401 $2,122 $1,941 $2,393 $2,695
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $4,549 $1,600 $1,600 $1,904 $1,600 $1,600 . $2,355 $3,081 $3,579 . $4,389 $5,056 $5,056 . $270,000
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,818
M Plates in Coils -- S . . $1,970 . . $6,137 . . . $7,150 . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: January 6, 2009, with
Licensing data collected through January 6, 2009 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through November 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary 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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