U.S. Exports of Steel Mill Products
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Quantity in Metric Tons
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Product Month
  JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09
All Steel Mill   Products
All Steel Mill Products 23,904 23,354 28,389 24,148 24,265 21,253 9,874 13,798 13,341 12,779 17,234 20,919 19,223 20,684 16,020
Carbon and Alloy Products
All Carbon and Alloy Products 20,963 20,883 25,143 22,327 22,972 20,040 9,373 12,185 11,378 11,539 13,029 11,951 9,339 9,378 11,468
Sheets & Strip-Electrical -- C & A 8,024 7,107 8,952 6,663 5,908 5,823 2,016 2,114 2,921 2,426 3,000 2,311 2,731 809.7 5,797
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- C & A 2,529 4,239 4,992 5,741 5,394 5,101 1,828 2,728 3,563 2,545 2,498 2,922 1,034 2,808 1,750
Bars-Hot rolled -- C & A 1,636 2,664 2,058 847.8 339.3 720.2 807.0 899.2 585.1 1,018 745.5 399.6 921.2 704.9 720.4
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- C & A 1,109 780.1 2,252 1,284 272.4 829.0 263.3 78.11 790.2 1,016 574.8 835.2 734.8 499.6 574.9
Mechanical Tubing -- C & A 455.6 1,421 422.2 1,305 2,104 2,752 1,199 1,155 618.1 293.7 861.0 376.9 331.2 968.3 333.5
Wire Drawn -- C & A 95.54 202.8 258.3 469.7 148.6 209.7 91.57 114.9 133.5 169.0 195.6 289.8 348.8 813.3 168.5
Line Pipe -- C & A 38.75 658.7 351.8 529.6 239.7 71.51 105.9 1,300 516.2 119.5 699.2 143.7 910.8 233.1 42.97
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt -- C & A 636.1 . 573.3 176.4 463.6 271.4 144.8 159.9 106.6 446.3 358.2 218.4 341.9 440.0 394.1
Plates in Coils -- C & A 384.1 61.69 73.05 275.0 471.5 24.73 271.3 19.83 22.39 55.74 50.82 218.0 247.0 591.1 117.0
Structural Shapes Heavy -- C & A 21.01 . 6.07 . 338.8 29.82 66.29 . . 18.94 9.92 361.1 88.56 479.1 167.7
Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic Coat -- C & A 391.3 410.8 831.0 431.6 2,055 408.3 86.98 102.4 181.0 315.3 302.7 269.7 255.6 143.1 249.2
Tin Plate -- C & A 272.9 . 57.60 . 103.1 . . 46.30 273.8 291.3 104.3 80.59 101.9 144.3 216.7
Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A 1,254 474.6 1,690 1,019 3,477 1,054 1,002 966.4 186.0 1,013 857.6 595.0 189.3 81.29 116.6
Structural Pipe & Tube -- C & A . 113.4 16.95 0.51 . 3.34 . . 38.81 46.41 . 9.75 335.3 3.86 19.30
Sheets Cold Rolled -- C & A 143.1 101.9 41.18 73.83 67.05 41.52 11.03 5.69 4.34 8.87 30.88 142.5 124.8 110.1 105.1
Strip-Cold Rolled -- C & A 226.4 292.1 329.0 810.8 375.9 408.4 234.4 536.1 308.2 35.14 84.81 380.5 148.5 139.3 38.92
Oil Country Goods -- C & A 79.25 317.5 29.12 250.5 76.57 1,587 27.45 149.7 83.78 772.6 602.6 880.0 132.9 32.87 148.5
Sheets Hot Rolled -- C & A . 584.7 630.2 607.5 489.1 15.69 8.99 198.7 133.6 56.26 133.7 . 209.9 11.30 16.93
Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A . . . 48.48 . . . 9.51 . . . 25.66 34.34 15.86 152.9
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- C & A 14.84 8.00 218.8 150.8 88.34 224.0 90.37 88.40 481.1 612.6 616.1 973.0 22.50 52.32 124.6
Bars-Cold Finished -- C & A 684.5 133.6 188.6 273.1 27.92 159.6 516.9 552.9 99.70 15.75 39.61 429.9 6.46 102.6 23.72
Rails All Other -- C & A . . . . . . . 76.75 103.2 . . . 3.50 89.27 6.34
Tool Steel -- C & A 8.10 52.88 156.6 26.03 8.08 40.20 3.17 112.8 46.10 0.43 9.93 . 56.74 14.50 20.17
Standard Pipe -- C & A 2,688 837.0 878.0 833.1 309.8 180.7 408.7 387.7 1.29 35.85 1,088 27.20 13.70 65.00 12.40
Black Plate -- C & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.77
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- C & A 10.99 . 0.85 21.24 . . 49.64 28.95 . 14.05 37.36 5.29 . . 42.25
Wire Rods -- C & A 14.16 55.61 56.66 1.42 86.22 33.84 89.20 . 107.4 . 54.90 2.19 5.17 13.38 15.92
Tin Free Steel -- C & A 114.3 7.81 46.26 . 98.30 3.79 . 78.86 14.56 20.61 . 54.21 . . 20.29
Pipe For Piling -- C & A . . . . . 4.00 . . . . . . . 9.07 1.63
Steel Piling -- C & A 5.52 . . . . . 9.46 . . 32.38 16.59 0.12 9.79 . .
Strip-Hot Rolled -- C & A 126.1 359.5 . 487.4 29.60 42.26 41.19 275.2 8.71 . 7.82 . . 2.45 .
Bars-Reinforcing -- C & A . . 33.03 . . . . . 49.99 160.0 48.93 . . . .
Stainless        Products
All Stainless Products 2,941 2,470 3,246 1,821 1,294 1,213 500.2 1,614 1,964 1,240 4,205 8,969 9,884 11,306 4,552
Plates Cut Lengths -- S 85.63 312.2 269.5 51.09 17.79 55.83 84.64 24.76 101.2 105.9 2,374 3,033 8,550 4,036 170.5
Plates in Coils -- S 3.48 1.78 6.16 30.12 24.20 3.32 19.66 . . . . 50.69 . 5,591 3,167
Strip-Cold Rolled -- S 636.0 616.0 1,244 137.4 88.32 61.89 119.3 789.1 480.5 557.4 1,063 81.05 105.4 785.9 262.7
Sheets Hot Rolled -- S . 10.75 11.16 . 0.88 . . 3.19 . 31.53 0.40 4,947 16.34 466.8 556.2
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified -- S 481.4 213.0 107.5 270.4 518.2 370.5 25.68 61.35 473.7 51.51 228.6 252.5 388.6 56.53 76.90
Sheets Cold Rolled -- S 543.7 348.9 130.8 172.1 246.7 409.1 35.83 270.0 250.8 105.0 264.8 229.1 343.0 76.80 34.25
Bars-Cold Finished -- S 158.9 252.8 126.9 126.7 105.0 136.3 77.12 113.1 85.14 59.45 97.58 178.0 127.4 72.33 148.6
Line Pipe -- S 863.7 56.37 133.6 108.5 88.39 74.56 39.52 237.0 390.9 79.59 76.45 29.42 120.7 59.42 39.04
Wire Rods -- S 0.99 2.98 5.49 1.98 3.04 24.83 . 18.55 1.66 161.8 24.26 7.26 169.5 2.70 0.74
Oil Country Goods -- S 12.92 186.7 952.2 725.8 20.43 13.62 . 10.43 26.50 6.59 2.27 15.15 20.80 79.12 19.79
Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S 82.36 127.0 220.2 127.6 104.2 11.64 33.29 20.16 64.65 35.90 7.98 42.86 2.15 32.27 33.76
Wire Drawn -- S 42.04 7.97 9.43 33.35 35.82 26.80 51.31 25.22 29.47 29.02 60.13 60.98 11.65 30.61 16.82
Ingots and Steel for Castings -- S 24.45 332.0 18.09 10.76 19.96 12.70 11.97 29.74 2.96 7.22 . 14.59 21.02 3.14 21.79
Bars-Hot rolled -- S 3.69 1.27 6.30 18.02 7.88 8.10 0.52 8.53 12.05 1.64 3.44 18.39 6.52 3.18 3.04
Structural Shapes Heavy -- S 2.10 0.55 4.92 7.34 12.83 4.23 1.37 2.49 32.70 7.74 0.64 0.45 0.71 9.90 0.14
Strip-Hot Rolled -- S . . . . . . . . 11.42 . 1.58 8.32 . 0.20 1.40

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 16, 2009, with
Census data collected through September 2009
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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