Distribution Of Shipments Of Steel Mill Products, By Steel Type, Product, And Market

TABLE 3
DISTRIBUTION OF SHIPMENTS OF STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, BY STEEL TYPE, PRODUCT,-
AND MARKET¹

	Quantity
	(thousand metric tons)		Percentage
	2013	2014	2013	2014
Shipments by steel type:
Carbon steel	81,200	83,600	93.82	93.78
Alloy steel	3,140	3,270	3.62	3.67
Stainless steel	2,220	2,270	2.56	2.55
Total	86,600	89,100	100.00	100.00
Steel mill products:
Ingots, blooms, billets, and slabs	972	1,110	1.12	1.25
Wire rods	2,190	2,150	2.53	2.42
Structural shapes, heavy	5,580	5,570	6.44	6.25
Plates, cut lengths	6,330	6,550	7.31	7.35
Plates, in coils	3,100	2,970	3.58	3.33
Rails	846	902	0.98	1.01
Railroad accessories	241	276	0.28	0.31
Bars, hot-rolled	4,380	4,830	5.06	5.42
Bars, light-shaped	1,760	1,870	2.04	2.10
Bars, reinforcing	6,560	7,000	7.57	7.85
Bars, cold finished	1,260	1,190	1.45	1.33
Pipe and tubing, standard pipe	645	771	0.75	0.87
Pipe and tubing, oil country goods	2,500	2,680	2.89	3.01
Pipe and tubing, line pipe	476	540	0.55	0.61
Pipe and tubing, mechanical tubing	624	630	0.72	0.71
Pipe and tubing, pressure tubing	35	34	0.04	0.04
Pipe and tubing, stainless	12	12	0.01	0.01
Pipe and tubing, structural	53	51	0.06	0.06
Pipe for piling	1	--	0.00	--
Wire	376	363	0.43	0.41
Tin mill products, blackplate	57	30	0.07	0.03
Tin mill products, tinplate	1,370	1,300	1.59	1.46
Tin mill products, tin free steel	347	333	0.40	0.37
Tin mill products, tin coated sheets	91	88	0.11	0.10
Sheets, hot-rolled	19,600	20,600	22.59	23.14
Sheets, cold-rolled	10,400	10,200	12.07	11.45
Sheets and strip, hot dip galvanized	13,300	14,000	15.41	15.74
Sheets and strip, electrogalvanized	1,390	1,230	1.60	1.38
Sheets and strip, other metallic coated	1,440	1,260	1.66	1.41
Strip, hot-rolled	40	40	0.05	0.04
Strip, cold-rolled	558	494	0.64	0.55
Total	86,600	89,100	100.00	100.00
Shipments by markets:
Service centers and distributors	23,300	23,100	26.86	25.89
Construction	18,900	20,900	21.83	23.45
Automotive	13,100	13,000	15.12	14.61
Machinery	852	1,000	0.98	1.12
Containers	1,970	1,930	2.28	2.17
All others	28,500	29,200	32.93	32.76
Total	86,600	89,100	100.00	100.00
-- Zero.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except percentages; may not add to totals shown.

Source: American Iron and Steel Institute.