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DISTRIBUTION OF SHIPMENTS OF STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, BY STEEL TYPE, PRODUCT, AND MARKET1
    Quantity    
(thousand metric tons) Percentage
    2006   2007   2006   2007
Shipments by steel type:
Carbon steel 92,700 90,500 93.33 93.73
Alloy steel 4,740 4,350 4.77 4.50
Stainless steel 1,890   1,700   1.90   1.76
Total 99,300   96,500   100.00   100.00
Steel mill products:
Ingots, blooms, billets and slabs 1,500 1,920 1.51 1.99
Wire rods 1,840 2,180 1.86 2.26
Structural shapes, heavy 7,220 6,890 7.26 7.14
Steel piling 582 551 0.59 0.57
Plates, cut lengths 6,490 6,730 6.53 6.97
Plates, in coils 3,150 3,720 3.17 3.85
Rails 726 800 0.73 0.83
Railroad accessories 225 192 0.23 0.20
Bars, hot-rolled 7,060 6,590 7.11 6.82
Bars, light-shaped 1,490 1,800 1.50 1.86
Bars, reinforcing 6,830 7,280 6.87 7.54
Bars, cold finished 1,420 1,320 1.43 1.37
Tool steel 16 16 0.02 0.02
Pipe and tubing, standard pipe 1,140 981 1.15 1.02
Pipe and tubing, oil country goods 2,100 1,940 2.12 2.01
Pipe and tubing, line pipe 503 573 0.51 0.59
Pipe and tubing, mechanical tubing 966 908 0.97 0.94
Pipe and tubing, pressure tubing 43 29 0.04 0.03
Pipe and tubing, stainless 15 13 0.01 0.01
Pipe and tubing, structural 141 135 0.14 0.14
Pipe for piling 10 12 0.01 0.01
Wire 681 350 0.69 0.36
Tin mill products, blackplate 136 127 0.14 0.13
Tin mill products, tinplate 1,840 1,770 1.85 1.83
Tin mill products, tin-free steel 544 508 0.55 0.53
Tin mill products, tin coated sheets 93 91 0.09 0.09
Sheets, hot-rolled 19,400 18,000 19.55 18.67
Sheets, cold-rolled 12,000 11,400 12.13 11.85
Sheets and strip, hot dip galvanized 14,800 13,800 14.94 14.27
Sheets and strip, electrogalvanized 2,370 2,320 2.39 2.40
Sheets and strip, other metallic coated 1,890 1,560 1.90 1.61
Sheets and strip, electrical 481 456 0.48 0.47
Strip, hot rolled 38 38 0.04 0.04
Strip, cold rolled 1,500   1,510   1.51 1.56
Total 99,300   96,500   100.00   100.00
Shipments by markets:
Service centers and distributors 27,300 24,000 27.49 24.86
Construction 19,000 21,600 19.13 22.32
Automotive 14,100 12,400 14.20 12.81
Machinery 1,380 1,270 1.39 1.31
Containers 2,820 2,640 2.84 2.74
All others 34,700   34,700   34.94 35.96
Total   99,300   96,500   100.00   100.00
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except percentages; may not add to totals shown.
Source: American Iron and Steel Institute.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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