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DISTRIBUTION OF SHIPMENTS OF STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, BY STEEL TYPE, PRODUCT, AND MARKET1
    Quantity    
(thousand metric tons) Percentage
    2004   2005   2004   2005
Shipments by steel type:
Carbon steel 94,700 88,800 93.76 93.25
Alloy steel 4,420 4,700 4.38 4.94
Stainless steel 1,880   1,730   1.86   1.81
Total 101,000   95,200   100.00   100.00
Steel mill products:
Ingots, blooms, billets and slabs 976 1,160 0.97 1.22
Wire rods 2,350 1,760 2.32 1.84
Structural shapes, heavy 6,640 6,730 6.57 7.07
Steel piling 452 582 0.45 0.61
Plates, cut lengths 5,260 5,830 5.21 6.12
Plates, in coils 4,540 3,470 4.50 3.64
Rails 605 633 0.60 0.66
Railroad accessories 193 196 0.19 0.21
Bars, hot-rolled 6,560 6,300 6.49 6.61
Bars, light-shaped 1,390 1,470 1.37 1.54
Bars, reinforcing 7,340 6,350 7.27 6.67
Bars, cold finished 1,370 1,470 1.36 1.55
Tool steel 22 20 0.02 0.02
Pipe and tubing, standard pipe 1,070 1,030 1.06 1.08
Pipe and tubing, oil country goods 1,850 2,030 1.83 2.14
Pipe and tubing, line pipe 679 366 0.67 0.38
Pipe and tubing, mechanical tubing 1,010 998 1.00 1.05
Pipe and tubing, pressure tubing 39 38 0.04 0.04
Pipe and tubing, stainless 13 14 0.01 0.01
Pipe and tubing, structural 141 130 0.14 0.14
Pipe for piling 30 11 0.03 0.01
Wire 514 607 0.51 0.64
Tin mill products, blackplate 196 163 0.19 0.17
Tin mill products, tinplate 2,070 1,860 2.05 1.95
Tin mill products, tin-free steel 567 493 0.56 0.52
Tin mill products, tin coated sheets 114 96 0.11 0.10
Sheets, hot-rolled 20,600 20,300 20.39 21.30
Sheets, cold-rolled 13,400 11,600 13.25 12.19
Sheets and strip, hot dip galvanized 14,800 13,600 14.64 14.29
Sheets and strip, electrogalvanized 2,310 2,240 2.28 2.35
Sheets and strip, other metallic coated 2,020 1,710 1.99 1.80
Sheets and strip, electrical 403 424 0.40 0.45
Strip, hot rolled 50 36 0.05 0.04
Strip, cold rolled 1,480   1,520   1.47 1.59
Total 101,000   95,200   100.00   100.00
Shipments by markets:
Service centers and distributors 30,700 27,700 30.36 29.11
Construction 19,900 21,700 19.69 22.83
Automotive 15,000 13,100 14.88 13.79
Machinery 1,300 1,500 1.29 1.57
Containers 2,700 2,740 2.67 2.88
All others 31,400   28,400   31.12 29.81
Total   101,000   95,200   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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