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| TABLE 6 | ||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF MAJOR IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS1 | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||
| Steel mill products: | ||||
| Ingots, blooms, billets, and slabs | 8,460 | 6,040 | ||
| Wire rods | 2,760 | 1,400 | ||
| Structural shapes-heavy | 943 | 771 | ||
| Steel piling | 97 | 100 | ||
| Plates, cut lengths | 1,520 | 1,290 | ||
| Plates, in coils | 1,580 | 939 | ||
| Rails and railroad accessories | 319 | r | 371 | |
| Bars, hot-rolled | 1,470 | 1,200 | ||
| Bars, light-shaped | 285 | 217 | ||
| Bars, reinforcing | 2,350 | 1,690 | ||
| Bars, cold-finished | 377 | 313 | ||
| Tool steel | 160 | 145 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, standard pipe | 1,460 | 1,290 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, oil country goods | 1,890 | 1,760 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, line pipe | 1,810 | 2,710 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, mechanical tubing | 754 | 643 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, pressure tubing | 100 | 110 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, stainless | 142 | 155 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, nonclassified | 17 | 21 | ||
| Pipe and tubing, structural | 640 | 615 | ||
| Pipe for piling | 35 | 37 | ||
| Wire | 820 | 732 | ||
| Tin mill products-blackplate | 76 | 44 | ||
| Tin mill products-tinplate | 494 | 471 | ||
| Tin mill products-tin-free steel | 109 | 111 | ||
| Sheets, hot-rolled | 4,610 | 2,430 | ||
| Sheets, cold-rolled | 3,320 | 1,630 | ||
| Sheets and strip, hot-dip galvanized | 3,310 | 1,820 | ||
| Sheets and strip, electrogalvanized | 175 | 181 | ||
| Sheets and strip, other metallic coated | 671 | 549 | ||
| Sheets and strip, electrical | 81 | 100 | ||
| Strip, hot-rolled | 76 | 82 | ||
| Strip, cold-rolled | 178 | 180 | ||
| Total | 41,100 | 30,200 | ||
| Fabricated steel products: | ||||
| Structural shapes, fabricated | 1,380 | 1,360 | ||
| Rails, used | 185 | 83 | ||
| Railroad products | 214 | 210 | ||
| Wire rope | 134 | 138 | ||
| Wire-stranded products | 357 | 323 | ||
| Springs | 495 | 423 | ||
| Nails and staples | 943 | 782 | ||
| Fasteners | 1,500 | 1,360 | ||
| Chains and parts | 154 | 158 | ||
| Pipe and tube fittings | 243 | 294 | ||
| Other | 323 | 635 | ||
| Total | 5,930 | 5,760 | ||
| Grand total | 47,000 | 36,000 | ||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||
| TABLE 6�Continued | ||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF MAJOR IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS1 | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||
| Cast iron and steel products: | ||||
| Cast steel pipe fittings | 243 | 293 | ||
| Cast iron pipe and fittings | 68 | 81 | ||
| Other products | 440 | 407 | ||
| Total | 751 | 781 | ||
| rRevised. | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||
| Source: American Iron and Steel Institute. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program