U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Iron And Steel Scrap, By Class

TABLE 17
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, BY CLASS^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2019		2020
Class	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
No. 1 heavy-melting scrap	138	30,000	165	35,200
No. 2 heavy-melting scrap	80	18,200	114	27,100
No. 1 bundles	1,270	397,000	1,220	357,000
No. 2 bundles	107	30,900	82	21,700
Shredded steel scrap	476	127,000	608	152,000
Borings, shovelings, and turnings	53	10,200	97	23,500
Cut plate and structural	109	29,300	200	47,600
Tinned iron or steel	142	47,600	173	52,100
Remelting scrap ingots	1	816	1	825
Stainless steel scrap	204	182,000	219	197,000
Other alloy steel scrap	537	144,000	533	139,000
Other steel scrap³	1,030	257,000	976	247,000
Iron scrap	126	27,800	127	30,200
Ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping	(4)	56	(4)	42
Used rails for rerolling and other uses⁵	33	10,900	31	9,350
Total	4,300	1,310,000	4,540	1,340,000
¹Table includes data available through September 22, 2021.Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Import valuation is customs value.
³Includes tinplate and terneplate.
⁴Less than - unit.
⁵Includes mixed (used plus new) rails.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.