US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FROM CHINA

Quantity in Metric Tons
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Same Table - Average Unit Value
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Product Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 OCT08 NOV08
All Steel Mill   Products
M All Steel Mill Products 302,984 277,642 297,508 165,510 247,663 214,676 220,440 163,873 261,950 334,487 322,481 447,406 515,664 647,447 599,597 504,190
Carbon and Alloy Products
M All Carbon and Alloy Products 283,742 265,802 284,118 154,612 231,706 195,782 203,090 141,171 242,198 314,660 303,240 430,718 504,258 633,209 585,386 488,855
M Oil Country Goods -- C & A 71,952 58,557 89,952 39,070 83,801 83,515 90,910 69,096 89,496 140,662 132,765 173,020 278,302 293,449 247,178 333,308
M Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 11,616 4,729 13,138 13,857 8,557 16,089 7,106 3,617 3,636 25,461 34,508 72,038 32,641 67,869 92,450 17,957
M Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 18,071 41,998 21,060 13,862 27,228 16,150 32,522 12,657 64,524 37,747 32,636 49,014 38,346 68,246 45,926 19,855
M Line Pipe -- C & A 38,381 26,735 49,143 14,282 44,108 37,287 21,995 23,312 31,988 43,557 31,755 42,404 51,071 58,294 50,555 43,512
M Wire Rods -- C & A 26,662 8,106 820.1 3,066 14,666 1,028 14.8 . 5,481 5,776 15,172 23,878 12,592 53,299 57,607 3,199
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 9,326 28,404 7,890 24,715 19,358 8,012 8,586 5,934 10,667 15,404 16,565 8,172 28,512 31,922 27,695 13,022
M Wire Drawn -- C & A 12,103 10,186 10,252 8,517 8,472 6,402 7,609 11,971 14,611 14,376 15,420 15,134 11,592 10,741 10,466 6,522
M Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 3,235 3,964 4,236 3,024 1,827 4,604 657.9 2,788 3,010 5,346 5,886 6,206 14,908 14,739 15,497 7,467
M Standard Pipe -- C & A 47,911 48,771 20,023 2,844 6,203 3,294 3,947 2,924 7,749 4,862 7,378 10,137 10,007 7,933 6,984 6,456
M Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 14,367 8,082 9,531 4,471 7,404 2,972 4,342 2,587 3,370 3,891 3,144 6,886 12,294 7,082 6,193 12,575
M Rails All Other -- C & A 7,664 308.6 17,021 14,201 391.0 5,470 15,208 102.6 412.2 103.2 843.0 10,025 459.7 2.56 . 5,243
M Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 1,417 1,457 10,897 249.6 977.2 605.6 5,212 642.6 2,391 8,955 263.0 3,506 3,471 703.2 3,287 7,918
M Pressure Tubing -- C & A 441.3 307.8 633.8 582.3 309.5 755.9 573.5 600.2 174.3 617.0 720.8 2,174 1,332 3,989 4,809 2,625
M Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 454.7 914.2 1,192 3,843 469.2 775.5 1,533 526.3 538.1 1,329 607.2 609.3 2,736 2,877 2,928 1,398
M Tin Plate -- C & A 2,517 2,390 2,478 2,970 1,490 4,192 520.8 923.0 28.4 2,233 1,875 1,261 692.4 2,376 2,376 107.4
M Tool Steel -- C & A 740.6 848.4 1,155 1,041 1,266 1,430 1,456 1,580 1,778 1,748 1,339 1,054 1,453 1,506 1,387 1,535
M Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A 11,412 8,270 5,308 789.1 520.6 783.3 205.2 259.7 170.6 950.3 965.1 1,170 1,220 1,288 1,294 1,432
M Pipe For Piling -- C & A 3,420 1,286 206.1 158.2 537.7 1,082 . 184.6 929.3 39.3 49.2 84.9 261.1 2,937 2,928 217.3
M Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 45.3 . 6.73 0.43 22.1 89.8 3.97 600.0 . 38.6 104.0 1,519 80.0 1,026 2,491 1,444
M Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 3.99 1,636 8.79 335.0 441.2 6.39 148.9 84.3 72.9 485.0 125.0 800.9 884.1 728.9 941.4 710.8
M Black Plate -- C & A 414.2 549.8 . 670.9 282.2 299.7 93.1 283.8 . 439.0 141.5 144.3 155.8 855.9 663.8 541.0
M Railroad Accessories -- C & A 9.80 119.2 270.0 68.4 205.3 222.6 51.2 . 51.8 20.1 82.4 51.7 206.7 426.1 454.0 695.8
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 689.6 1,838 16,786 751.8 247.2 135.9 77.1 45.7 19.4 73.9 48.8 368.4 133.5 177.7 225.1 209.5
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 316.8 255.6 87.0 392.2 269.2 95.4 106.6 133.9 227.1 233.7 388.4 309.2 2.82 355.8 379.4 33.3
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 98.6 125.9 395.6 581.5 634.2 337.8 31.3 41.9 205.5 135.9 163.1 376.7 87.1 199.5 199.6 391.8
M Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A 29.9 448.3 308.4 53.5 160.4 72.5 62.2 16.7 357.3 82.3 106.5 288.8 259.6 16.7 17.1 38.0
M Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 290.6 114.1 1,240 84.4 77.7 49.8 101.0 72.5 80.2 36.6 123.8 73.7 178.6 112.6 75.8 19.0
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A . 86.7 . . 41.5 . . 3.92 176.8 2.46 . 1.52 323.0 . 18.6 27.3
M Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A 89.5 183.0 . 2.38 . 3.80 . . 31.6 . . . 39.6 39.6 60.0 39.6
M Plates in Coils -- C & A . 19.8 . 40.1 1,706 . 8.90 . . 0.71 . 1.42 2.96 4.01 4.07 .
M Steel Piling -- C & A . . . . . . . . 9.52 . . . . 6.55 13.1 348.9
M Rails Standard -- C & A 49.6 5,061 . 68.0 17.1 . . 136.6 . 34.8 58.3 . 3.51 . . .
M Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 5.35 9.42 70.1 13.9 10.0 11.1 1.68 3.20 8.31 12.0 0.76 . . . 272.5 0.74
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A . 31.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Tin Free Steel -- C & A . . . . . . . 37.7 . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
M All Stainless Products 19,241 11,840 13,389 10,898 15,957 18,894 17,349 22,702 19,751 19,826 19,241 16,688 11,405 14,237 14,210 15,335
M Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 8,538 5,822 6,566 5,263 8,988 14,386 11,615 14,897 11,816 12,827 13,325 11,077 6,328 6,936 6,158 4,915
M Oil Country Goods -- S 1,424 232.6 869.0 1,018 897.8 268.0 837.6 585.9 3,089 2,360 1,428 899.7 1,569 2,884 1,702 3,048
M Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S 5,497 3,871 2,946 2,519 3,741 2,476 2,723 2,483 2,089 1,723 1,192 1,952 1,352 1,809 1,928 1,073
M Plates in Coils -- S 565.5 485.9 286.0 61.3 189.5 548.4 314.6 747.1 583.3 666.7 803.7 302.4 540.9 696.1 599.8 331.0
M Plates Cut Lengths -- S 1,877 639.7 1,188 1,095 1,280 512.3 906.5 1,646 715.6 866.9 489.7 390.8 141.1 876.7 1,012 1,395
M Wire Drawn -- S 446.2 393.9 420.9 434.0 296.9 315.1 363.3 402.0 449.9 523.3 474.6 513.1 458.8 324.2 305.6 333.4
M Sheets Hot Rolled -- S 180.4 49.5 576.4 82.5 76.6 12.6 355.8 543.0 221.5 266.8 434.3 491.7 449.3 84.4 98.8 51.2
M Wire Rods -- S 417.3 175.9 281.3 144.9 234.4 135.4 151.6 785.5 464.2 240.7 334.4 90.8 339.7 278.0 261.2 200.9
M Line Pipe -- S 18.8 31.0 1.67 74.8 35.2 36.7 12.9 104.9 2.15 10.0 23.9 491.2 79.9 1.86 1,775 3,743
M Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 164.7 21.7 19.8 4.93 36.5 26.9 0.28 346.0 188.2 55.9 512.7 362.4 53.2 103.0 103.7 46.0
M Bars-Cold Finished -- S 80.2 91.4 179.3 142.5 108.7 132.9 57.2 124.3 86.2 187.3 122.7 84.1 50.0 136.9 105.1 125.0
M Bars-Hot rolled -- S 21.5 16.4 15.7 44.3 51.9 22.4 10.3 22.5 29.2 64.6 47.3 8.92 10.8 81.5 130.1 67.9
M Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 6.04 5.02 2.55 12.5 8.50 12.5 0.16 4.54 3.40 11.7 29.6 19.2 4.63 9.21 28.9 1.74
M Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . 2.38 23.4 . 8.89 7.52 . . . 19.8 . 2.97 26.2 . . .
M Bars-Light Shaped -- S . . 11.5 . 1.13 . . 7.78 13.1 . 22.2 . 0.40 13.8 . .
M Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 1.85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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