U.S. Imports Of Major Iron And Steel Products

TABLE 6
U.S. IMPORTS OF MAJOR IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS¹

(Thousand metric tons)

	2004	2005
Steel mill products:
Ingots, blooms, billets, and slabs	6,730	6,270
Wire rods	3,420	2,270
Structural shapes-heavy	564	575
Steel piling	107	94
Plates, cut lengths	814	997
Plates, in coils	1,060	941
Rails and railroad accessories	222	215
Bars, hot-rolled	1,580	1,500
Bars, light-shaped	226	225
Bars, reinforcing	1,740	1,290
Bars, cold-finished	307	414
Tool steel	163	192
Pipe and tubing, standard pipe	1,170	1,190
Pipe and tubing, oil country goods	1,010	1,510
Pipe and tubing, line pipe	992	1,080
Pipe and tubing, mechanical tubing	558	653
Pipe and tubing, pressure tubing	97	168
Pipe and tubing, stainless	108	122
Pipe and tubing, nonclassified	15	15
Pipe and tubing, structural	495	512
Pipe for piling	9	22
Wire	857	776
Tin mill products-blackplate	58	36
Tin mill products-tinplate	328	391
Tin mill products-tin-free steel	100	92
Sheets, hot-rolled	3,850	2,870
Sheets, cold-rolled	2,350	1,740
Sheets and strip, hot-dip galvanized	2,690	2,100
Sheets and strip, electrogalvanized	105	147
Sheets and strip, other metallic coated	425	431
Sheets and strip, electrical	79	75
Strip, hot-rolled	98	96
Strip, cold-rolled	160	170
Total	32,500	29,200
Fabricated steel products:
Structural shapes, fabricated	614	808
Rails, used	131	164
Railroad products	126	178
Wire rope	124	127
Wire-stranded products	261	256
Springs	505	529
Nails and staples	928	930
Fasteners	1,370	1,340
Chains and parts	119	133
Pipe and tube fittings	161	185
Other	400	475
Total	4,740	5,120
Grand total	37,200	34,300
See footnotes at end of table.





TABLE 6�Continued
U.S. IMPORTS OF MAJOR IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS¹

(Thousand metric tons)

	2004	2005
Cast iron and steel products:
Cast steel pipe fittings	161	185
Cast iron pipe and fittings	54	64
Other products	396	498
Total	611	744
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

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