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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS1 | |||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||
| Steel mill products: | |||||||||
| Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs | 199 | 383 | |||||||
| Wire rods | 137 | 95 | |||||||
| Structural shapes, heavy | 777 | 990 | |||||||
| Steel piling | 32 | 36 | |||||||
| Plates, cut lengths | 1,050 | 1,150 | |||||||
| Plates, in coils | 587 | 537 | |||||||
| Rails, standard | 82 | 107 | |||||||
| Rails, other | 17 | 24 | |||||||
| Railroad accessories | 49 | 39 | |||||||
| Bars, hot-rolled | 477 | 540 | |||||||
| Bars, light-shaped | 82 | 84 | |||||||
| Bars, concrete reinforcing | 273 | 304 | |||||||
| Bars, cold-finished | 147 | 175 | |||||||
| Tool steel | 21 | 16 | |||||||
| Pipe and tubing, standard pipe | 113 | 136 | |||||||
| Pipe and tubing, oil country goods | 399 | 340 | |||||||
| Pipe and tubing, line pipe | 226 | 226 | |||||||
| Pipe and tubing, mechanical tubing | 31 | 36 | |||||||
| Pipe and tubing, stainless | 72 | 46 | |||||||
| Pipe and tubing, nonclassified | 318 | 393 | |||||||
| Pipe and tubing, structural | 188 | 189 | |||||||
| Pipe for piling | 2 | 46 | |||||||
| Wire | 165 | 175 | |||||||
| Tin mill products, blackplate | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Tin mill products, tinplate | 196 | 191 | |||||||
| Tin mill products, tin-free steel | 18 | 22 | |||||||
| Sheets, hot-rolled | 612 | 1,010 | |||||||
| Sheets, cold-rolled | 585 | 695 | |||||||
| Sheets and strip, hot-dip galvanized | 757 | 916 | |||||||
| Sheets and strip, electrogalvanized | 290 | 240 | |||||||
| Sheets and strip, other metallic coated | 196 | 230 | |||||||
| Sheets and strip, electrical | 156 | 167 | |||||||
| Strip, hot-rolled | 258 | 252 | |||||||
| Strip, cold-rolled | 302 | 323 | |||||||
| Total | 8,830 | 10,100 | |||||||
| Fabricated steel products: | |||||||||
| Structural shapes, fabricated | 357 | 431 | |||||||
| Rails, used | 22 | 33 | |||||||
| Railroad products | 95 | 59 | |||||||
| Wire rope | 16 | 18 | |||||||
| Wire, stranded products | 31 | 37 | |||||||
| Wire, other products | 81 | 86 | |||||||
| Springs | 123 | 134 | |||||||
| Nails and staples | 38 | 35 | |||||||
| Fasteners | 540 | 465 | |||||||
| Chains and parts | 27 | 27 | |||||||
| Grinding balls | 51 | 59 | |||||||
| Pipe and tube fittings | 33 | 36 | |||||||
| Other2 | 119 | r | 150 | ||||||
| Total | 1,540 | 1,570 | |||||||
| Grand total | 10,400 | 11,700 | |||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||
| TABLE 5�Continued | |||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS1 | |||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||
| Cast iron and steel products: | |||||||||
| Cast steel pipe fittings | 33 | 37 | |||||||
| Cast iron pipe and fittings | 80 | 74 | |||||||
| Cast steel rolls | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| Cast grinding ballse | 30 | 22 | |||||||
| Granules, shot and grite | 50 | 37 | |||||||
| Other castings | 65 | 63 | |||||||
| Total� | 268 | 236 | |||||||
| eEstimated. 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