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| TABLE 5 | ||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS1 | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||
| 2004 | 2005 | |||
| Steel mill products: | ||||
| Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs | 258 | 304 | ||
| Wire rods | 91 | 146 | ||
| Structural shapes, heavy | 601 | 666 | ||
| Steel piling | 13 | 39 | ||
| Plates, cut lengths | 826 | 1,050 | ||
| Plates, in coils | 533 | 673 | ||
| Rails, standard | 59 | 71 | ||
| Rails, other | 23 | 15 | ||
| Railroad accessories | 26 | 28 | ||
| Bars, hot-rolled | 410 | 333 | ||
| Bars, light-shaped | 112 | 90 | ||
| Bars, concrete reinforcing | 224 | 253 | ||
| Bars, cold-finished | 131 | 127 | ||
| Tool steel | 19 | 19 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, standard pipe | 83 | 82 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, oil country goods | 285 | 327 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, line pipe | 150 | 189 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, mechanical tubing | 8 | 28 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, stainless | 33 | 50 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, nonclassified | 298 | 269 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, structural | 122 | 161 | ||
| Pipe for piling | 3 | 4 | ||
| Wire | 144 | 141 | ||
| Tin mill products, blackplate | 5 | 7 | ||
| Tin mill products, tinplate | 261 | 250 | ||
| Tin mill products, tin-free steel | 30 | 29 | ||
| Sheets, hot-rolled | 582 | 906 | ||
| Sheets, cold-rolled | 530 | 565 | ||
| Sheets and strip, hot-dip galvanized | 492 | 637 | ||
| Sheets and strip, electrogalvanized | 136 | 232 | ||
| Sheets and strip, other metallic coated | 136 | 163 | ||
| Sheets and strip, electrical | 122 | 131 | ||
| Strip, hot-rolled | 183 | 212 | ||
| Strip, cold-rolled | 266 | 264 | ||
| Total | 7,200 | 8,460 | ||
| Fabricated steel products: | ||||
| Structural shapes, fabricated | 233 | 257 | ||
| Rails, used | 28 | 34 | ||
| Railroad products | 58 | 94 | ||
| Wire rope | 12 | 12 | ||
| Wire, stranded products | 21 | 29 | ||
| Wire, other products | 23 | 26 | ||
| Springs | 99 | 112 | ||
| Nails and staples | 27 | 29 | ||
| Fasteners | 779 | 931 | ||
| Chains and parts | 26 | 26 | ||
| Grinding balls | 11 | 11 | ||
| Pipe and tube fittings | 34 | 35 | ||
| Other2 | 119 | r | 112 | |
| Total | 1,470 | r | 1,710 | |
| Grand total | 8,670 | r | 10,200 | |
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||
| TABLE 5�Continued | ||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS1 | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||
| 2004 | 2005 | |||
| Cast iron and steel products: | ||||
| Cast steel pipe fittings | 34 | 35 | ||
| Cast iron pipe and fittings | 76 | 23 | ||
| Cast steel rolls | 17 | 20 | ||
| Cast grinding balls | 25 | 18 | ||
| Granules, shot and grit | 27 | 30 | ||
| Other castings | 55 | 67 | ||
| Total� | 234 | 193 | ||
| rRevised. | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||
| 2Includes shapes cold formed, sashes and frames, fence and sign post, architectural and� | ||||
| ornamental work, and conduit. | ||||
| Source: American Iron and Steel Institute. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program