I Less than 1 ton. IRON ORE, PIG IRON, FERRO-ALLOYS, AND STEEL 581


Iron and steel import edfor consumption in the United States, 1940—41,
by comnwdities
Commodity
1940

1941 (Jan.—Sept.)


Net tons
Value
— Net tons
Value
Semiznanufactures:
Steel bars:
      Concrete reinforcement 9 $227 2    $128
      Solid or hollow, n. a. s. 2,074 257,435 402   62,931
      Hollow and hollow drill steel 977 121), 216 227   31,994
    Bariron 222 22,276 17    1,671
   Wire rods, nail rods, and flat rods up to 6 Inches in
     width 4,465 452,428 118   32,907
   Boiler or other plate iron or steel, except crucibles and
     saw-plate steeL (1)    11    46       3,483
   Sheets or plates of iron or steel 16 16,951 7    9,285
   Steel ingots, blooms, and slabs 4 179 1,051  119,517
 Billets, solid or hollow 491 54,094 62 5,476
 Die blocks or blanks; shafting, etc 13 3, 102 12 6,878
 Circular saw plates 21 10,062 21 8,865
Sheets of iron or steel, common or black and boiler or
 other plate hon or steel.. 2 254 2 145
 Sheets and plates and steel, n. s. p. f 114 20, 179 29 1,512
 Tin plate, terneplate, and tagger's tin 153 39,422 106 27,461
Manufactures:
 Structural iron and steel 859 38,358 322 48,831
 Rails for railways 1,467 32,132 4,295 81,042
 Rail braces, bars, flshplates or splice bars, and tie plates. 312 18,421
656 34,357
Pipes and tubes:
 Cast-iron pipe and fittings 502 15,619 1 . 166
 Other pipes and tubes 3,444 432,003 852 98,396
Wire:
 Barbed. 959 7,441 (1) 21
 Round iron and steel 985 219,741 35 8,311
 Baling                                       10 709                  
Telegraph, telephone, etc., except copper, covered
 with cotton jute, etc .. 1 1,260 (1) 325
Flat and steel strips not thicker than Winch and
 not over 16 inches wide 2,481 1,485,307 2,482 1,430,968
 Rope and strand 587 96,861 105 21,823
 Galvanized fencing wire and wire fencing 1 30 1 70
 Hoop or band iron or steel for baling 694. 21,570
 Hoop, band, strips, or scroll iron or steel, n. s. p. f          10 4,889
                 
 Nails 126 44,910 27 8,611
 Castingsandforgings,n.e.s 685 124,830 285 65,215