U.S. Exports of Steel Mill Products
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Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
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Product Month
  JUL07 AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products $3,307 $2,732 $3,019 $3,430 $3,416 $3,073 $3,817 $4,454 $4,384 $4,369 $3,705 $3,759 $4,103 $3,875 $3,546
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products $2,932 $2,379 $2,826 $2,942 $2,990 $2,665 $3,559 $4,261 $4,160 $3,936 $3,454 $3,345 $3,722 $3,409 $3,353
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A $3,266 $3,660 $3,523 $2,734 $3,986 $3,379 $4,135 $3,923 $4,137 $3,714 $4,304 $3,880 $3,940 $4,155 $4,440
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A $7,882 $4,423 $6,748 $7,120 $7,381 $7,632 $8,935 $7,735 $9,287 $8,883 $8,797 $9,853 $9,486 $6,152 $5,062
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A $1,833 $2,419 $1,505 $1,723 $1,582 $1,664 $1,856 $3,026 $2,731 $3,138 $2,125 $1,742 $2,042 $1,440 $1,451
Standard Pipe -- C & A $1,901 $1,437 $1,454 $2,151 $1,925 $2,068 $1,866 $1,813 $3,249 $4,188 $4,620 $2,113 $2,877 $2,349 $2,042
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A $20,710 $1,629 $3,923 $1,925 $5,218 $4,562 $4,883 $2,982 $1,546 $2,702 $2,767 $1,861 $3,506 $1,607 $2,240
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A $1,909 $759 $972 $1,779 $2,826 $1,231 $1,417 $741 $2,267 $1,572 $1,479 $1,723 $834 $1,719 $1,749
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A $2,072 $2,047 $4,990 $1,633 $1,714 $3,279 $14,546 $1,596 $1,633 $2,360 . $5,452 $2,795 $1,767 $1,633
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A $923 $1,303 $1,601 $1,565 $1,576 $1,488 $1,914 $1,247 $1,623 $1,259 $1,989 $1,116 $1,254 $1,758 $1,903
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A . $822 $1,453 $939 $661 $654 $742 $661 . $1,391 . $661 . $660 $661
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A $476 $569 $606 $487 $1,176 $653 $813 $621 $599 . $5,232 . $1,723 . $1,723
Line Pipe -- C & A $1,893 $1,924 $1,238 $1,262 $1,226 $1,411 $1,714 $1,602 $1,590 $2,638 $1,463 $1,448 $1,093 $1,756 $1,733
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A $1,755 $1,949 $1,974 $1,260 $1,014 $1,726 $2,050 $1,404 $1,639 $1,451 $1,708 $1,509 $1,786 $2,280 $1,688
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A $1,155 $1,198 $1,129 $1,153 $1,225 $1,254 $1,381 $1,334 $1,131 $1,095 $1,257 $1,378 $1,475 $1,108 $1,295
Wire Drawn -- C & A $1,936 $1,610 $1,682 $1,653 $1,452 $1,328 $1,585 $1,296 $7,850 $1,299 $2,345 $2,524 $2,431 $1,625 $919
Plates in Coils -- C & A $819 $853 $1,316 $1,114 $1,400 $639 $596 $766 $1,601 $1,115 $1,238 $1,775 $1,554 $1,726 $767
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A $603 $2,717 $3,785 $1,793 $1,143 $1,880 $1,196 $6,908 $887 $1,071 $1,342 $1,576 $1,449 $968 .
Oil Country Goods -- C & A $1,411 $1,985 $2,164 $1,532 $8,218 $2,623 $2,505 $2,240 $1,166 $2,634 $2,625 $1,709 $2,304 $2,430 $1,678
Tin Plate -- C & A $597 $813 $652 $805 $561 $835 $989 $886 $765 $768 $852 $917 $985 . $1,185
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A $619 $1,137 $658 $496 $549 $527 $721 $652 $749 $904 $909 $520 $739 $749 $496
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A $204,533 $3,920 $3,480 $3,507 $1,055 $1,913 $1,426 $57,204 $2,591 $1,614 $2,524 $2,533 $11,609 $22,569 $1,392
Tool Steel -- C & A $11,078 $9,158 $11,475 $10,766 $8,948 $6,277 $7,332 $6,875 $10,698 $11,486 $3,555 $8,704 $5,912 $4,384 $3,629
Tin Free Steel -- C & A $672 $727 $744 $673 $764 $780 . $726 $732 $728 $891 $909 $838 $728 $920
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A $1,156 $1,202 . . . $819 $1,744 . . $1,628 . $1,813 . $989 $1,112
Wire Rods -- C & A $658 $1,920 . $624 $586 $702 $1,078 $670 $709 $696 $1,605 $1,281 $1,637 $2,655 $1,167
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . . . $622 $651 $622 . . . $509 . . . . $622
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A $717 . $1,066 $685 . $2,601 . $751 $751 $751 $751 $2,475 $649 . $3,072
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A $802 $1,051 $1,030 $724 . . $1,232 $911 $783 $819 $819 $1,985 $1,183 . $3,602
Steel Piling -- C & A . $3,234 . $909 $2,694 $2,902 . $2,632 . $2,908 $2,631 $2,631 $2,632 . .
Black Plate -- C & A $647 $362 . $599 . . . $2,427 . . . . . . .
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . $816 $4,628 . . . . . $23,087 . . $54,737 . . .
Rails All Other -- C & A . $759 . $759 $759 . . . . . . . . . .
Rails Standard -- C & A . $551 $551 $2,997 . . . . . . . . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products $4,613 $4,854 $4,448 $4,988 $5,176 $4,392 $6,081 $6,089 $5,232 $6,870 $5,473 $7,202 $6,815 $7,809 $5,045
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S $10,108 $5,664 $4,434 $4,349 $3,312 $4,208 $5,872 $4,335 $4,163 $7,197 $4,768 $4,817 $6,043 $7,589 $4,855
Oil Country Goods -- S $2,867 $2,834 $3,142 $3,095 $5,501 $1,631 $1,258 . $2,538 $11,348 $5,454 $8,546 $850 $3,827 $6,149
Line Pipe -- S $919 $1,072 $5,111 $3,321 $3,734 $1,242 $4,394 $1,506 $8,281 $3,813 $3,275 $1,834 $3,354 $7,408 $1,598
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S $3,825 $4,334 $3,809 $3,150 $3,254 $3,733 $5,149 $3,644 $2,651 $3,638 $4,330 $4,648 $2,263 $3,718 $2,792
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- S $12,421 $11,478 $7,813 $16,223 $15,881 $13,617 $11,046 $14,404 $14,664 $8,388 $12,391 $15,104 $19,320 $12,975 $6,817
Plates Cut Lengths -- S $5,160 $4,579 $2,881 $3,081 $6,978 $4,076 $5,837 $4,339 $6,787 $7,743 $5,585 $7,393 $7,742 $4,265 $4,133
Bars-Cold Finished -- S $8,197 $6,979 $9,507 $6,770 $7,031 $7,416 $9,648 $13,412 $5,964 $9,920 $8,215 $12,226 $7,234 $23,625 $5,494
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S $26,469 $6,659 $3,866 $3,605 $5,352 $6,478 $33,512 $8,508 $6,846 $7,586 $3,883 $6,414 $4,825 $5,316 $4,504
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S $4,572 $12,752 $9,710 $2,972 $15,827 $4,030 $5,260 $2,857 $5,831 $6,627 $3,341 $5,518 $4,328 $3,626 $4,627
Wire Drawn -- S $4,270 $7,250 $4,498 $8,758 $10,553 $4,556 $7,286 $6,145 $9,668 $11,136 $9,866 $8,478 $7,717 $10,637 $8,207
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S $4,153 . $2,734 $1,681 . . . $6,657 $2,957 $7,103 $6,097 $11,245 . $4,536 $1,888
Plates in Coils -- S $3,214 $2,211 $3,215 . $3,214 . $3,658 . $3,215 $2,937 $2,332 $2,722 $14,428 $10,236 $1,889
Bars-Hot rolled -- S $10,094 $10,806 $7,181 $20,052 $16,841 $8,713 $9,086 $10,890 $10,348 $8,962 $7,831 $11,398 $7,276 $8,201 $6,483
Wire Rods -- S $3,098 $24,637 $2,642 $11,567 $67,265 $20,077 $18,640 $17,741 $67,043 $21,971 $12,421 $12,426 $31,746 $24,869 $15,001
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S . $5,858 $6,436 $61,204 . $6,441 $8,289 $6,439 $8,905 $8,334 $8,597 $18,997 $6,440 $6,443 $10,487
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S $18,305 $3,304 . $2,689 . . . $19,457 $14,181 . . $19,247 . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 14, 2008, with
Census data collected through September 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume exported during last THREE Months of the reported period
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
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